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Des Moines school board begins governance overhaul, forms ad hoc committee to revise manual
Summary
Board members moved into a time-limited work session to revise the governance manual and monitoring process, agreed to start with 'tier 1' issues in small breakout groups and formed an ad hoc committee to draft recommendations for March–May review.
The Des Moines Public Schools board held a time-limited work session after its regular meeting to begin a structured review of board governance, the monitoring process and the governance manual. Chair (speaker 1) opened the session by describing a one-page action plan and timeline for 2025 that aims to update monitoring procedures by April 5 and deliver proposed revisions to the governance manual by May 1.
The chair said the goal is a clear, strategic approach to governance ahead of the 2025 elections and suggested small breakout groups to work through three focused questions…
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