Local goverment meeting paper

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Local Government Meeting Paper On January 23rd, 2014 I attended an Allentown School District board meeting at 7:30 pm. This meeting was just a regular board meeting instead of an education or financial meeting that they also have during the year. Since this meeting was the first board meeting I have attended, I didn’t really know what to expect. Would it be like a jury where members vote? Or would it just be a run through of how the year is going? Turns out that it’s a combination of both and it was interesting to watch. A summary of the meeting included roll call, remarks from both the superintendent and the board president. After the basic introduction the meeting continued with information updates that ranged from human relations to foundation for city schools, to the newest student representatives Abraham from Allen high school and Jamylee from Dieruff high school. It turns out that the student representatives are the newest additions to the board meetings, perhaps it’s for the students to have a voice and an ear to listen to what changes are being made. After the information ...

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