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Asheville City Schools board trims how members request contract details to limit staff burden
Summary
Board members agreed to a process for distilling detailed contract questions and to route voluminous requests through the chair or superintendent so staff time is used judiciously; the board left the Asheville Police Department SRO contract for further review.
At a November work session, the Asheville City Schools Board of Education agreed on a new, informal approach to limit the workload created when individual board members send extensive written questions about contracts.
Board Chair Sarah (Speaker 1) opened the discussion after one member’s long list of contract questions prompted a review of how requests should be handled. “I directed that the request be moved to a public meeting for discussion,” she said, noting many of the questions concerned contracts the board already had approved or items submitted for information only.
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