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Clarke County board splits on facility-naming rules and sends staff-involvement policy back for revision
Summary
Board members sharply debated a proposed facility-naming policy that would increase the role of school LSGTs in naming and renaming, and the board sent the staff-involvement policy (GAC) back to staff for further revisions after procedural and representational concerns were raised.
The Clarke County School District board spent substantial time in September debating changes to its facility-naming policy and whether to keep an explicit policy on staff involvement in decision making.
On the first read of the revised facility-naming policy (FDC), board members raised repeated concerns that the draft gives local school governance teams (LSGTs) too much influence and could reduce timely board oversight. "I really, am opposed to this being a first read," board member Dr. Lakisha Gant said during the work session, arguing that LSGTs do not always represent the…
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