PRE-MEETING ACTIVITY

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1. All board members elected at the annual school district meeting take oath of office (usually by the town clerk)

2. Board members review the Essential Work of the School Board

 

MEETING

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1. Superintendent calls the meeting to order and facilitates the election of the board chair

2. Elections & Appointments

• Officers

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• Board Chair (ONLY one)

  • Once the chair is elected, he/she facilitates the remainder of the meeting.

• Clerk (required)

• Vice Chair (permitted, but not required)

• Supervisory Unions

  • Elect board delegates to the Supervisory Union board​

• Board Committees (if applicable)

  • Distribute the standing committee charges

  • Discuss and/or make changes to the charges

  • Appoint board member(s) to each committee

   3.  Operational decisions

• Set regular meeting dates (day and time)

• Set meeting time limit

• Set posting locations

• Designate official newspaper

• Decide on parliamentary procedures (Robert’s Rules for Small Boards is permissible for boards with 12 members or fewer)

• Affirm a governance system (if the board officially adopted Policy Governance® in the past, it should be reaffirmed each year)

• Affirm delegation of authority to sign orders

• Appoint a Truant Officer

• Approve the Board of Directors Interim Payment Authorization 

• Discuss and adopt Code of Ethics

• Decide who will be the media spokesperson for the board

• Discuss board member best practices for social media usage

• Each SU/SD may have to cast one vote to ratify the agreement reached by the statewide healthcare bargaining commission. Please be sure to add appointment of the SU/SD's voting delegate for statewide health insurance to the first meeting of your SU/SD board, as the ratification process requires each SU/SD to notify the VSBA of the name, telephone number and e-mail address of its voting delegate by April 1.

• Schedule an annual board working session or retreat (optional)