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Policy committee weighs role in student-representative selection and tightens agenda-request language
Summary
Philomath SD 17J policy committee discussed whether the board should resume active interviews for its student representative and debated clearer rules for adding patron-requested items to the board agenda; members asked staff to add a clarifying sentence and review the process at the next work session.
Philomath SD 17J's policy committee spent a large portion of its meeting reviewing how the district selects a student representative and whether patrons' requests should automatically become agenda items.
The committee's Chair said application materials for the student-representative forum are available from the high school office and on the district website and noted that in recent years selections have been handled by high school administrators rather than by board interviews. The Chair said…
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