The Board of Education believes that the success of the school system is dependent upon the cooperation and participation of many people. The Board believes that advancement of the district's efforts is fostered as the community and staff develop and maintain confidence in the school system. This confidence must be founded on an understanding and awareness by the public of the Board's purposes, programs, and facilities, as well as the Board's knowledge of community attitudes.
The community relations goals of the Board are:
to provide every possible means whereby all residents of the school district may have the opportunity to contribute their best thinking to the orderly planning of education for children in the district;
to keep the community accurately informed about its schools;
to understand community attitudes and aspirations for the schools;
to encourage contributions from the parent-teacher associations of the district so that school personnel and parents cooperate to advance the educational welfare of the children;
to handle all complaints from the public by the administrative officer in charge of the unit of the school district organization closest to the complainant. However, such complaints may be carried to the Superintendent of Schools and/or the Board if the problem cannot be solved at that level;
to promote a spirit of cooperation between the Board, the schools, and the community;
to develop and maintain the confidence of the community in the Board and the school district staff;
to expand the public understanding of every aspect of the school system, and stimulate public interest in the school;
to facilitate dissemination of information to the community concerning issues and activities in the school using newsletters, and information releases in local newspapers and on radio;
to ascertain the community's opinions and desires with respect to the operations of the school system, and to incorporate that knowledge into its actions;
to develop arrangements among civic and community organizations for sharing of resources, especially in the creation of programs designed to benefit students;
to develop and maintain the most effective means of communication possible with the people of the district; and
to continue the district's Public Relations Coordinator position so that information may be accurately disseminated to the community.
The Board shall annually review its public relations program to determine how well it is progressing towards the goals the Board has set.
Adoption date
November 12, 1992
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P. O. Box 2033
Hyde Park, NY 12538
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