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Committee declines to adopt graduation speaker policy; suggests chair follow up with requester
Summary
A board member requested a formal policy on who may speak at high school graduations; the committee concluded there is no legislative basis for such a policy, opted not to forward it for full board debate, and agreed the chair or committee chair should follow up with the requester.
A board member asked the policy committee to consider creating a policy that would define who is allowed to speak at high school graduations. Latour said there is currently no policy and that decisions have traditionally been made at the board's discretion.
Several members argued the issue does not fit a legislatively based policy. Unidentified Speaker 1 said graduation speech assignments are customarily handled by the chair and vice chair and that ad hoc exceptions are handled when necessary. "I just don't want that person to think that we're neglecting it," Speaker 1 said; committee members suggested the chair or committee chair follow up with the requester instead of drafting a new policy.
Unidentified Speaker 4 raised concerns about converting a local practice into a formal policy and the risk that a full board debate might become protracted. The committee agreed not to move the graduation speaker proposal forward as a formal policy at this time; Latour said she would note the discussion in committee minutes and include a short update in board communications so the requester can see the committee addressed the matter.
Committee members left the option open for the requester to put the item on a future agenda if they remain unsatisfied, but there was no formal motion to create a graduation speaker policy recorded in the transcript.
