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Policy committee weighs how student ex officio members will participate in board meetings
Summary
The Ithaca City School District policy committee heard students and committee members debate whether ex officio student members should be a single spokesperson or multiple rotating reps, agreed to draft clearer role definitions using a shared Google Doc and to seek student feedback before a Jan. 6 follow-up.
The policy committee of the Ithaca City School District met to discuss draft language for student ex officio members, with the chair saying the board needs to define what the role should do before finalizing a policy. “The law states that ex student ex official members are at the table engaging in the dialogue, participating in the discourse,” the Chair said while urging the committee to clarify limits and expectations.
Student representatives told the committee they were uncertain how an ex officio member would differ from an existing student representative. A…
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