Public comment on Ojai school board s governance handbook Published: Wednesday, 21 April 2021 14:00
Philip Bagley of Ojai submitted these two public comments for the Tuesday, April 20, Ojai Unified School District board meeting. To read the school board agenda item, he is commenting upon, read
HERE. The April 20 agenda is HERE.
The school board will also meet today, Wednesday, April 21, in open session at 5:30 p.m. and in closed session at 4:45 p.m. That meeting will be livestreamed. View the OVN article on the April 21 agenda HERE.
By Philip Bagley Ojai
I encourage the Board to reject the “Board Governance Handbook.” The Board should ask why this Handbook necessary at all, particularly given that the Board is already governed by its numerous Board Policies, Administrative Regulations, the Education Code, Government Code, etc. What new requirements or protocols does the Handbook attempt to implement on top of those already in place? And again, why?
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