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Board receives NJSBA roles training and ethics briefing from board attorney
Summary
New and returning East Brunswick board members received extended training from the New Jersey School Boards Association on governance roles and from the board attorney on the School Ethics Act, social media pitfalls, recusal processes and the potential district cost of ethics complaints.
Board members at the East Brunswick reorganization meeting received two governance-focused presentations intended for newly seated trustees and returning members.
A New Jersey School Boards Association representative, Mary Anne Friedman, led a session that emphasized the board27s role as a policy-making body, urged trustees to avoid micromanaging the superintendent27s day-to-day responsibilities, and recommended regular communication protocols between the board and superintendent. Friedman recommended regular goal updates (roughly four…
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