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Board member urges shorter, community-written mission statement
Summary
Board member Eddie Williamson asked the Conneaut School District board to revisit and shorten its mission statement and recommended involving teachers, students and community members; the board agreed to add the topic to the September work session agenda to set parameters and a timeline.
Eddie Williamson proposed that the district's mission statement be rewritten to be shorter, clearer and more reflective of today's schools, saying the current text is too long to recite and that community input should be part of the process. "I can't even repeat our mission statement without reading it," Williamson said, urging the board to "collectively throw some ideas at it."
Chair (Moderator) and other board members responded that the district originally used a community committee to write the statement and recommended repeating that process. Administration volunteered to help set a simple framework and timeline; board members suggested the September work session would be a good place to bring initial ideas and parameters so students and community members can be involved once school resumes.
