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Forest Grove board reviews governance, warns state instructional‑time order could raise costs for districts
Summary
At a work session the Forest Grove board reviewed the boundary between board governance and superintendent operations, outlined improved communication steps, and watched state Board of Education clips in which advisers and superintendents warned that an executive order to alter instructional time could impose significant additional costs without new funding.
Board members at a Forest Grove School District work session on April 28 spent a large portion of the meeting clarifying the board’s role, explaining new communication steps and reacting to a State Board of Education executive‑order announcement about instructional time.
“Think of the school board as the trunk of the tree,” Superintendent Dr. West told the board while explaining governance roles; “it sets policy. It does not direct daily operations.” The presentation outlined functions such as policy authority, executive oversight (including appointing and evaluating…
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