1000 : Community Relations

COMMUNITY RELATIONS GOALS

            The Board of Education strives to conduct district affairs by way of a continuing, open dialogue between the community and the schools.  Given district residents' high level of interest in the education of children, the Board wishes to maintain its high level of sensitivity to the needs and desires of the community and to act expeditiously to meet changing needs and conditions.

            To this end, the Board establishes the following goals for community involvement:

1.         to provide a variety of means whereby residents of the school district may have the opportunity to contribute their best thinking to the orderly planning of education for children in the district;

2.         to promote a spirit of cooperation among the Board, the schools, and the community;

3.         to develop and maintain the confidence of the community in the Board and the school district staff;

4.         to facilitate dissemination of information to the community concerning issues and activities in the school;

5.         News about public education;

6.         to facilitate arrangements among civic and community organizations for sharing of resources, especially in the creation of programs designed to benefit students; and

7.         to develop and maintain an effective means of communication with the people of the district.

            Notwithstanding the above, the final decisions in these areas will rest with the Board.

Adoption date:                        April 13, 2010

Cross Reference:         1400, Public Complaints

                                    1420, Complaints about Curricula or Instructional Materials