The Board of Education recognizes its responsibility to hear and respond to public comment, and therefore, encourages public participation at Board meetings. There will be two specific agenda items listed as "Public Participation" at each Board meeting to provide an opportunity to address the Board.
Reasonable periods of time shall be set aside during each regular and special Board meeting during which the taxpayers, community citizens, school personnel, members of a Board appointed committee and school students may openly express themselves directly to the Board. Persons wishing to speak should first be recognized by the President, then identify themselves, any organization they may be representing at the meeting, and the agenda topic or other matter of public concern about our schools that they wish to discuss.
A total of three (3) minutes per speaker for a total of twenty-one (21) minutes will be allotted for the first segment of Public Participation on the agenda; and, for the second segment, a total of three (3) minutes per speaker for a total of twelve (12) minutes.
The subject of the employment of particular individuals and/or firms shall not be commented upon during public participation, but may be addressed by writing to the Board through the District Clerk. Non-residents who wish to address the Board shall do so in writing. All such communications should be addressed to the District Clerk for presentation to the Board at the next scheduled meeting.
The President is responsible for the orderly conduct of the meeting and shall rule on such matters as: monitoring the time to be allowed for public discussion, the appropriateness of the subject being presented and the suitability of the time for such a presentation. The Board, as a whole, shall have the final decision in determining the appropriateness of all such rulings.
August 25, 1994
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P. O. Box 2033
Hyde Park, NY 12538
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