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Chair tells board: policy and unity are your greatest leverage
Summary
In board-training remarks, the chair said the board's primary leverage is shaping and following policies and acting collectively; members discussed communication, not speaking for the board individually, and directing constituents to appropriate staff.
The board chair led a governance training stressing that the board's greatest leverage lies in shaping and following policies and procedures and acting as a united decision-making body. "The greatest leverage a board member has is in shaping and following policies and procedures," the chair said, urging members to keep policies front and center and to memorialize decisions through the board's collective process.
Members discussed maintaining constant communication outside meetings, referring constituents to principals or the superintendent for operational issues, and publicly supporting board decisions once votes are taken. The chair recommended members complete USBA training modules and said an evaluation process for the superintendent will take place in the spring.
