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Consultant urges board to ‘stay in your lane’ during governance training
Summary
At a board work session on April 27, a governance consultant, Ashley Story, told the Newberry County Board of Trustees to focus on policy, vision and superintendent oversight, warned against directing staff, and reviewed FOIA and liability risks for individual members.
Ashley Story, the consultant who led the evening’s training, told the Newberry County Board of Trustees on April 27 that effective boards govern by setting vision, adopting policy and holding the superintendent accountable rather than directing day‑to‑day staff work. “You act as a group,” she said, urging members to avoid side conversations with employees and to funnel constituent concerns through Superintendent Dr. Anderson.
Story reviewed…
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