Policy    

Chester Township                                   Policy No. 1100.1

Board of Education                                Community Involvement

                                                                              in Decision-making

 

 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION-MAKING

 

The Board believes the schools belong to the people whom they are created to serve.  It therefore intends that all reasonable efforts should be exerted to identify the desires of the community and to be responsive through its actions, to those desires.  These are the two major ways in which the will of the community shall influence the development of Board policies:

1.       Board members themselves will remain mindful that they are elected to represent the people of the district.

2.       All citizens of the district will be encouraged to express ideas, concerns, and judgments about the schools through such means as:

a.       Written suggestion(a) or proposal(s);

b.       Presentations at hearings

c.       Responses to surveys made through interviews, written instruments, or other means

d.       Comments at meetings of the Board; and

e.       Service on citizens advisory committees

 

In all instances Board Policy will be followed.

 

Date Adopted:  3/6/79

Date Revised:  1/5/99

 

References:  NJAC6:8-4.6(a)