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BOARD-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT

After a school board training in Vermont on handling public comments, I decided to stay for their business meeting. Right after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, the board chair asked if there were any members of the public signed in to provide public comment. There were several.

Their high school recently had begun flying a Black Lives Matter flag. Three members of the public, including a current student, took their turn, following the rules read by the chair, and shared their support for displaying the flag. Then a recent graduate, who was Black and had a reading disability, stood and said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to take me longer than three minutes to read what I have to say.鈥�

Commonsense Practices

Our training for the board and superintendent had included how important it was to be consistent and follow the law, policy and procedures. My emphasis was fairness, predictability and transparency.