Monday evening, I had the opportunity to attend my first ever school board meeting. I got to learn more of how the board decides and approaches issues that involve the school. I didn't know that these meetings were open to the public. Overall, this was a good experience.
There was a total of 10 or 12 board members that sat in the front of the room and they faced the public. Other folks that didn't sit with the public sat in the back taking notes on their computers. There were two big screens that displayed everything that they were talking about, one in thr front and one in the back. This helped a lot when analyzing the meeting.
Based off of the things that the school board talked about, I say that they make some very important decisions for the schools, especially with money being involved. I say they also have a good classroom connection with all the schools in the community. I say this because I went to school in Goshen K-12 and I would always see these board members at the schools trying to help out. During the first 30 minutes of the meeting, they congratulated students on their academic achievements. This was really nice and it made one see that they value students. I could feel the love and support that the schools give to them. It made me see that the board really wants to have a strong connection to the classroom.
Based off of the things that the school board talked about, I say that they make some very important decisions for the schools, especially with money being involved. I say they also have a good classroom connection with all the schools in the community. I say this because I went to school in Goshen K-12 and I would always see these board members at the schools trying to help out. During the first 30 minutes of the meeting, they congratulated students on their academic achievements. This was really nice and it made one see that they value students. I could feel the love and support that the schools give to them. It made me see that the board really wants to have a strong connection to the classroom.
After this, they went ahead and jumped into the progress of certain programs that they had installed in schools. An example of this is when the assisant principal of the high school gave the progress of laptops in the school. They also talked about other things that were related to the school. One person from the public came up front and introduced a new after school music program. I say that the value of the school boards is really big. Their purpose is to help schools to be successful, which in turn help students be successful in life. Education is important for the future of the town and if they don't make the right decisions they will most likely fail. This is why the school boards are very important to have. They have the power to either help improve learning in schools or decrease it.
The meeting went pretty much how I imagined it would go. I saw cameras, principals, teachers, and a few people from the community. What surprised me a little was how the board members voted. I thought there would be a few "Nays" on certain issues, but they voted the same. This is a good thing because it shows that they want whats best for the community. There wasn't really any hot topics discussed other then the transportation issue, which was about the cutting of transportation for students. I didn't stay long enough to hear what the public thought about the issue or board memeber's reasons to cutting it out, but based off of the classroom discussion it sounded not very good.
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