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CFB ISD trustees outline oversight role, student-outcome goals and board guardrails
Summary
Trustees and staff presented to the public how the board provides strategic oversight — setting district goals, hiring and evaluating the superintendent, adopting policy and budgets, and maintaining guardrails that guide resource decisions and community engagement.
Trustee Cassandra Hatfield told residents at a Feb. 3 community information session that the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District board’s primary role is strategic guidance and oversight, not day-to-day operations. “Our key role is to provide guidance and oversight, but not to impact the day to day operations,” Hatfield said.
Hatfield listed the board’s core responsibilities: adopt and monitor student outcome goals, hire and evaluate the superintendent, adopt and review policies, annually adopt budgets and set tax rates, and communicate with the community. She said the seven-member board adopted a Collaborative Vision (CV 2030) and aligned a strategic plan around four student outcome goals and four guardrails to preserve community values while advancing those goals.
The board’s student outcome goals…
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