P0850 Board-Community Relations
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P0850 Board-Community Relations
The Board of Education will build and maintain strong relationships with parents, families, the community, governmental agencies, and businesses. The Board of Education and the school district operate most successfully with the support of all the above stakeholders.
Implemental Procedures
- The President of the Board of Education and/or a Board member designated by the President will be responsible for the Board's procedures in the area of board-community relations.
- Members of the Board of Education should recognize their individual community relations responsibility.
- At news conferences and similar public functions, the President of the Board of Education will speak for the Board. The President may designate another member to speak in the President’s behalf.
- The Board may form citizens' consulting committees to assume assigned responsibilities serving in an advisory capacity for specific projects of the school district. The Board will determine the intent and set the timeline of the services of such committees. Board-appointed committees will be subject to the Kansas Open Meetings Act. (For more information on such committees, see BOE Policy 0300 – Board Officers).
- From time to time, the Board will host a Board’s Night Out or other community forum to provide an informal conversation and listening session in the community. Representatives of the Board will be available in varying parts of the city.
- The Board and Administration will maintain effective communications with the community through projects that include, but are not limited to, surveys and other feedback; Board’s night out or other community forums; Superintendent’s Student Advisory Committee (SuperSAC); governmental relations; Web site and links for parent services (e.g., student grades); cable TV channel; and various publications.
Latest Revision Date: September 2022
Previous Revision Date: November 2017 P0850
Updated administratively for alignment purposes: November 2020