PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:Please be aware of these ground rules:

• The speaker should be recognized by the chairperson. Name and residence of the speaker may be requested by the chairperson.

• The Board may decide to curtail the length of question or debate.

• Interference with the orderly conduct of business, defamatory or abusive remarks will not be allowed.

• At a board meeting, orally-initiated charges or complaints against individual employees or instructional materials used in schools will not be allowed. Such charges should be written, signed and presented to the superintendent using the Board’s complaint procedures.

• The Board discourages duplication or repetition of comments. The Board requests that groups or organizations be represented by designated spokespersons.

For more information, please click on this policy: BEDH: Public Participation at Board Meetings