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Board emphasizes trust-building, community engagement and training goals
Summary
Board members prioritized trust, collaboration, and proactive communication with the community; they asked staff to develop a community engagement framework and consider training tied to board development goals.
Directors described trust-building and collaboration as primary board goals for the year and discussed strategies to extend cohesion outward to the community. Director Polehn recommended proactive, frequent communication—sharing successes while acknowledging challenges—to reduce misinformation.
Vince Adams said community engagement means both communicating successes and bringing community members into governance. The superintendent has embedded engagement expectations into her goals so the board will have "stories to tell" by spring. Directors identified professional development (OSBA resources and the Honors Board Program) and three scheduled data-focused work sessions as tools to build board capacity and credibility with the public.
The board agreed to prioritize board learning and to consider reinstating a July retreat to better align planning, evaluation, and goal-setting.
