9005 - Role of the Board and Its Members

Bylaws of the Board 

9005 - Role of the Board and Its Members 

Statement of Integrity 

As Windsor Locks Board of Education (Board) members, our goal is to improve the education of our students and to advocate for them and their best interests. Board members must work collaboratively and with others in the community to successfully reach this goal. 

To this end, the Board members will: 

• focus primarily on the educational welfare of the students; 

• render all decisions based on the available facts and not on individual special interests or personal agendas; 

• attend Board meetings whenever possible, and be responsible for becoming informed on issues coming before the Board, as well as being prepared to discuss and/or act upon agenda items; 

• facilitate ongoing communication between the Board and students, staff, parents and all members of the community regarding the purposes, values, conditions and needs of public education in town; 

• declare a conflict of interest when it arises; 

• refrain from using Board membership for personal or financial gain, and shall not exercise any administrative responsibility with respect to the schools, nor as an individual command the services of any school employee; 

• review annually and establish plans, with the Superintendent of Schools, which support the educational priorities and long range plan of the school district; 

• create, abolish, modify and maintain such positions, schools, divisions and classifications as may be necessary for the efficient administration of the educational enterprise; 

• select and annually evaluate the Superintendent of Schools in accordance with state statutes; 

• consider and adopt an annual budget, prepared by the Superintendent of Schools; 

• establish policy for governance of the school system in accordance with state statutes; 

• consider and adopt curricula; 

• support all decisions by the Board to the community once a decision has been reached; 

• exercise no decision making authority beyond that which is granted at Board meetings. 

• act in accordance with all state statutes and such policies as adopted by the Board of Education; and 

• commit to and maintain high legal, ethical, and moral standards. 

Bylaw Adopted: June 14, 2012 

Revised: November 2019