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NJSBA trainer outlines 'students first' duties and limits for Hunterdon Central board members
Summary
Kathy Poirier of the New Jersey School Boards Association led a committee-of-the-whole training emphasizing the board's policymaking and oversight role, the superintendent's executive role, ethics, and communication rules—including limits on individual board contact with staff and caution on social media.
Kathy Poirier, a field service representative with the New Jersey School Boards Association, told the Hunterdon Central Regional High School District Board of Education on Jan. 12 that board members’ primary responsibility is to act “for the good of all students.” Poirier, who said she represents Hunterdon and Somerset counties, framed the board as the body that sets policy and strategic goals while the superintendent implements those policies and runs the district.
The training, delivered at a committee-of-the-whole session,…
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