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Avenues
of Communication
If citizens wish to express themselves regarding
a specific school, teacher or child, dialogue should
begin at the level closest to the concern.
Step One Visit with teacher or
guidance counselor
Step Two Visit with principal
(If a school-wide concern, this becomes step one.)
Step Three Visit with Area Assistant Superintendent
Step Four Visit with Superintendent or designee
If the concern has not been resolved after Step Four, a written request
should be filed with the Superintendent for a hearing before the Board.
Citizens wishing to express themselves regarding
policy, boundaries, finances, or other responsibilities
of the board which have not been placed on a regular
agenda should use one or more of these alternatives.
- Contact appropriate staff members.
- Speak at public forums.
- Telephone board members.
- Write letters to board members.
- E-mail board members.
- Board members discourage citizens from providing
anonymous information in any form, and, in general,
will not act upon it.
- Mailing addresses and phone and e-mail addresses
can be found on this Web site on the Trustee
Profiles page.
- Concerns will be forwarded by board members to
the appropriate staff person for their input
and action.
- Inquiries to be directed to the Board of Trustees will be addressed by the board president.
Staff - Board Communication
- Frequent and open communication between staff
and the board is encouraged.
- Requests by individual board members that will
likely require considerable staff preparation time
or that are to be considered for the agenda should
be directed to the superintendent or board president.
- It is always appropriate for staff to refer board
members to the superintendent for answers to questions.
- Board members should notify and seek permission
of the superintendent prior to visiting with staff
members other than the cabinet when the visit is
as a board member.
- School district staff members should follow board
policies when addressing concerns regarding their
employment. As citizens, they are encouraged to
contact the board member about issues of concern.
- The superintendent and staff should use a variety
of communications methods to keep the board fully
informed, including, but not limited to voice mail,
e-mail, fax, memos, and personal contact.
Board Member Communication
(For
additional items, see Board Norms)
In communicating with each other outside of the Regular Board Meetings, board
members will follow the Texas Open Meetings Act.
Board Member - Media Communication
- In general, the board president should address actions taken by the board
with the media.
- Members of the board who are contacted for their personal views on issues
should notify the district's Communications Department of that request.
- The Communications Department should keep board members apprised of issues
the media may be considering.
- New board members should participate in media relations training.
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Citizen Input