Would your school board vote on a capital plan without public notice?

By |2023-04-11T10:59:34-05:00November 20, 2017|Categories: adequate public notice|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

If there’s one type of governing body that generates the most open meetings questions to my help line, it’s school boards. So let’s put ourselves in the shoes of a school board member for a moment and consider the following scenario. I hope it will provide you some ideas the next time you ask a school board candidate where he or she stands on government transparency. Instead of allowing the stock answer, “I’m pro-transparency,” how would your potential school board member react in this situation? Four months ago, the school board hires a new superintendent. He immediately faces a list of  overdue capital improvement projects. Some schools need extensive repair [...]