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OSBA facilitator urges Corvallis School Board to document community input and rethink public-comment practice
Summary
An OSBA facilitator led a work session urging the Corvallis School Board to treat public comment as qualitative data, to clarify the board’s role, to use targeted listening sessions and town halls, and to document how community feedback informs decisions.
Kristen Miles of the Oregon School Boards Association led the Corvallis School Board in a compressed workshop on April 7 that focused on community engagement practices and the role of public comment.
Miles told the board public comment functions primarily as qualitative data collection: "This is the time to listen," she said, and cautioned that real-time board follow-up questions can…
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