Civility at the Board of Education

Prior to this meeting, the Board President sent out a draft Superintendent job announcement. The members of the Board were asked via email to review the document and give recommendations on changes. I sent in an email asking that it be placed on the agenda and voted on by the Board so that the process would be transparent, to that end, a revised agenda was indeed issued.

I submitted two recommendations in the public meeting, asking that the following be placed in the job announcement:

1. The District has a student body population that is majority ethnic-minority
2.The District practices site-based management

My recommendations were not allowed into the document because I did not send send them to the Board President prior to the meeting, “as instructed”.