I attended a school board meeting on March 12, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the former middle school library. I had never been to a board meeting of any kind before this so I did not know what to expect. I knew parliamentary procedure was supposed to be followed in these meetings. Other than that, I did not have any expectations for the meeting. The meeting consisted of many different things. It went from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. A few of the people there were Mr. Morehart, Mrs. Root, Mr. Witte, Mr. Aaker, and Mr. Naasz. It started with the Pledge of Allegiance. Then the financial report was read. They talked about building maintenance, building a handicapped accessible shower, they read letters of resignation, and they talked about other things, too. They voted on different motions. They also debated motions. A motion that they debated on was if school calendar A should be used or if school calendar B should be used. It ended with the superintendent’s report being read. We, the students, were then excused for the executive session. There were many positive things about the meeting. Throughout the meeting they followed parliamentary procedure. They also followed their agenda. Everyone was able to speak on an issue …show more content…
The meeting took a long time, which I expected but still did not enjoy. They sometimes got off track and started talking about things that had nothing to do with the topic they were debating. For example, when they were talking about which school calendar should be used for next year, a member brought up the topic of making up school days on already scheduled student/staff Fridays so that teachers and some students were already expecting to be at school on that Friday. Although it is a good topic to think about and discuss, it took away from talking about the school calendar, which is what they were supposed to be talking about. Although this is still a very minor criticism I have since they got back on topic very
At times, I noticed that the mayor would have probably been more attentive hearing from irate citizens than listen to Armenta trying to get clarifications to C-5. Unexciting as the council meeting agenda items might have been, it was still fascinating to see local government at work in such an orderly, proper fashion. We may disagree on particular ordinances or agenda items, but we will do so in an appropriate way that does not disrupt the city at large, and even though the topics of discussion were mostly mundane, students should still at one point or another witness their local governments at work. Doing so leads to a greater understanding for how day-to-day city improvements take affect and how important it can be to voice your opinion and be a leader within your community.
At Community Boards, the skills and disciplines that I learned was that I was able to handle clients through phone calls more effectively and in a manner in which I can be neutral. I also learned to be very patient with some clients over the phone, where some phone calls had spent over an hour of the client’s time talking to me about their issues at their residence. I was able to cultivate the skill of being able to use different communication styles in order to deal with certain people and their styles, for often I would have to deal with people that very emotional, because of their situation, whether they be angry, sad, or hopeless, I had to alter my style of communication to accommodate their needs and try to calm them down. Although I
By having school board meetings, it helps to see what the school’s needs. This is very important for the reason that this may be the only time that a concern parent or person voice might be heard. From this meeting, it was learned that the school board members are willing to help people that have concerns. An example, of this, was when the concern Pre-K parent was worried that she heard that Pre-K has been just a daycare. However, someone from the board mentioned to her that she would personally go with the parent the next day and show her how Pre-K is running during the day. This made the parent so happy because her concerns were being met. I have learned that school board members look out for the students and that they are the number one source that community members should go to if they have a concern or a suggestion to better their children’s
Then, the superintendent of curriculum and instruction decide to hold a meeting with the superintendent of business and the two directors. After getting to the real root cause of the issue being about a complaint from a principal at River Valley School, the directors explain that she is never satisfied with the work they attempt to do for her. Furthermore, an issue that occurred with the internet-based library catalog system at that school was with the provider’s server and has since been fixed. The superintendent of business is not happy about the meeting, nor the explanation for the complaint. However, the superintendent of curriculum and instruction is happy that the issue is aired out and
I went to the school board meeting on March 21, 2016 in Kanawha. The following people were at the council: Wayne Kronneman, Leah Deutsch, Ryan Hiscocks, Ryan Johnson, Jay Burgardt, Mona Buns, Gary Chizek, Todd Hammer, and Jon Harle. The others were mainly community member which included teachers, principals, parents and supporters. Some of the West Hancock staff included Mr. Peterson, Mrs. DeHart, Mrs. Bruns, Mr. Francis, Mrs. Gast and others. The other people who were there were parents and other community members. The first part of the meeting was the revision of the budget and presentation of the budget. This was given by Wayne Kronneman. He explained the budget of this year and how it compared to last years. Also he also talked about the budget for next year. After that they had a discussion with the
Scenario 2 – The first obvious fix would have been for everyone to agree to a few norms for the meeting. One being to use “I” statements instead of “you” statements. The teacher everyone was upset with might have responded a bit differently had she not felt attacked by the team. Another fix, although it was tried, was a mediator. Maybe if the mediator had been someone other than an administrator, for instance a counselor, the teacher would have been more open to listening to the team. Having an administrator present possibly made her feel as if her job was in jeopardy. Along with the use of I statements the mediator needed to ensure everyone had a chance to speak and actively listen. Active listening does not mean you agree with the
From these answers I would hope to glean each board member’s level of commitment to the district as a whole and/or to their specific community within the district. My first “meal meeting” would be with the board president in deference to his/her position. Thereafter I would try to set up meetings with each board member based on their years of service on the board.
I chose the October 27th board meeting. Right away I could tell that the members on the board were clearly articulate educators at various schools in Fayette County. I couldn’t unfortunately hear the names of the individual members on the board. There was 2 people who ended up addressing the board. One a reverend who had issue with the math scores that the district had which were novice. He was also unhappy that 40% of students in the district made a novice in reading. He didn’t like that 2/3rds of the African American students couldn’t read on grade level. He had a lot of support from the crowd as he got a lot of applause and he even had some people on the school board nodding in agreement.
They ranged from the length of the meeting to specific problems faced by some of the members. He told me not to be surprised if there were some members who were admitted to be alcoholics and narcotic addicts. As I questioned him further, he said that many of the people in that predicament were also former criminals. One person in particular was so involved with both drugs and alcohol that he nearly died in the emergency room from an alcohol overdose. Now that my questions were answered, I felt much more at ease and ready to go to the meeting.
Then a council member would talk about what they recommend the council would do which was mostly emergency legislation. Each topic has a letter from the alphabet assigned to it. For example D was on the Topic of the authorization to enter into an agreement for professional engineering services relative to the Dussel/Salisbury corridor signal program modifications project. A woman called every member of the council by their last name, this is the time either they can say rather the agreed with the topic at hand with a simple yes or no. I noticed how respectful the council was with each other. They all waited for the Mayor to address them with a Mr., a Mrs., or President. They responded with a thank you Mayor before they started talking about the topic. Even though they was respectful they also like to have fun there were a few moments were they laughed. The Mayor also addressed us and explain that they were moving so fast because the topics already went from committees then administer and finally the council votes. The Mayor announced the hearing of the public. This is the time for the member of the community can talk about 3 minutes per
...idual speaking, the speaker’s back is to the audience. In addition, time is allowed for each agenda item, but I do not believe the speakers are made aware of how much time they are allotted which increase the length of the meeting. I do not agree with all the aspects of how the meeting was conducted or how funds are allocated.
I thought that our discussion went well. We had a small group of about six people but three of us were leaders so we had a lot to talk about. Each of us went around and asked one question because we did not have time to discuss them all. But that did not matter because the other leaders had similar questions to mine. I was able to retrieve different responses from the others in the group for three out of my four questions.
...ll. The group knew the rules and the agenda for the meeting that worked very well for everyone in attendance.
The meeting began when the school board members entered the large group instruction room and took their seats at a panel table angled to the side of the audience. The school board consists of nine elected members from the community. The members are as follows: Paul Ridley (President), Pat Vigliotta (Vice President), Helen Cumminskey (Secretary), Carla Manion ( Asst. Secretary), Timothy Bean (Treasurer), David Feely (Board Member), Keith Hatch (Board Member), Shane Oschman (Board Member), and Joseph Troutman (Board Member). Three members of the board were missing; however because of where the seats were located I could not see who was missing. Also, the member did not introduce themselves and left before people could address them.
Overall my experience of being in Lingleville ISD was a great experience that allowed me to learn a lot not only about the students in the classroom, but also helped me learn a lot about myself. Going in to this classroom I expected to only learn things about classroom management and maybe a few strategies. After spending a few days in this room I learned many other things. I did learn about classroom management but I also learned about content, strategies, organization, lesson planning, and inclusion adaptations. I learned that an inclusion special education student can really thrive being in a mainstream classroom, not only academically but also socially. It was a wonderful learning opportunity to get to be a part of that. My mentor teacher