BBBB - New Member Orientation

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New Member Orientation

            A new member—or any person designated for appointment as a new member of the Board—is to be afforded the Board’s and the staff’s fullest measures of courtesy and cooperation. Board and staff shall make every feasible effort to assist the new member to become fully informed about the Board’s functions, policies, procedures, and problems.

1.      In the interim between appointment and actually assuming office the new member will be invited to attend all meetings and functions of the Board, including executive sessions, and is to receive all reports and communications normally sent to Board members.

2.      A special workshop may be convened for the primary purpose of orienting the new member to his or her responsibilities, to the Board’s method of operating, and to school district policies and problems.

3.      The new member is to be provided with copies of all appropriate publications and aids, including the Board policy manual and publications of the state and national school boards associations.

4.      The Board president and members of the administrative staff will also confer with the new member as necessary on special problems or concerns.

Adopted:         July 1976

Clay County Board of Education