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Laguna Beach school trustees hold governance workshop to clarify roles, meeting conduct and agenda-setting
Summary
Trustees took part in a full-day governance and communications workshop that used case studies to explore the boundary between board and superintendent responsibilities, meeting decorum, agenda design and community engagement for large projects.
At a special workshop on Sept. 18, the Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Trustees spent several hours using case studies and role-play to examine how the board and superintendent should share responsibilities and communicate with the public.
Facilitator Scott (consultant) opened the session by framing it as a workshop rather than a regular board meeting and said the exercises were intentionally "experiential" so trustees could test responses without being asked to reach final decisions. Trustees worked through five case studies — including the district newsletter, a recurring late bus complaint, a personnel request for counselors, a contested…
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