School Board Meeting Report

Attempting to obtain information about the district lawyer was harder than I thought. Not lot information was provided. According to the administrators usually in an elementary setting are not so common encounter litigations. Because I was not able to contact the district’s lawyer, the administrator assist me answering some of the questions presented here. The relationship between the law and my school are base in basic standards as curriculum adoption, testing and establishing standards, free and appropriate public education, determining where students can attend school, but nothing as a big litigation against the school. Also, it is addressed the differences in legal framework

During K. Green meeting, K. stated vital information was discussed to help him be more productive throughout the school. K. Green will be working on self-advocacy this academic school year. Please, encourage him to ask for assistance when needs and verbally express his frustrated or confused.

The meeting was called to order promptly at 7 PM by Board President Steve Ehrlich. There were

Doe v. Big Walnut Local School Dist. Bd. of Educ., 837 F. Supp. 2d 742

In 1974, Dwight Lopez and eight students were suspended for 10 days on behalf of destroying school property and disrupting the learning environment at Central High School in Columbus, Ohio. Lopez testified he was a bystander and he was innocent. In addition, Lopez testified approximately 75 other students were suspended as well. Lopez claimed his suspension without a hearing violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. During this action, the principals did not perform hearings for none of the affected students before ordering the suspensions. Due to the students not given a hearing, the principals’ actions were challenged and a class-action suit was filed asking for declaratory and injunctive

Perform a search in the University Library databases and locate four school-related court cases (with outcomes decided), two which involve educators as defendants and two which involve students as defendants. Fill in the table below. When you give your informed opinion, state and discuss whether you agree or disagree with the outcome. Base your opinion on legal and ethical standards as discussed in Ch. 9 of the text. If you do not agree with the outcome, explain what would have been just. Base your explanation upon the rights and responsibilities of those involved. Cite your sources in APA format below the table.

The Board President called the meeting to order, and the board secretary did the roll call. The agenda was comprised of various reports and the secretary would go though each agenda item, beginning with the board secretary’s report, finance, personnel, listing of approvals for salaries that included names of staff/faculty, retirements, leave of absences, bills, travel, field trips, etc.

Although none of the defendants are able to comment on the lawsuit, Leyva-Cutler said that “the district is a strong proponent of our individual and collective right to free speech, civil rights, and all protections as provided by laws governing schools.”

SRVEA President Ann Katzburg thanked the staff members who spoke and shared their truths with the Board. At her last rec council meeting of the year, they did a “year in review”. Some of the highlights included; the new instructional calendar, signed 6 memorandums of understanding which are unique to each school site, passed the Day of Silence resolution, and the special ed taskforce. Ms. Katzburg shared some of the positive comments from the special ed taskforce. Ms. Katzburg asked that everyone partner to support Prop 30.

I teach in the Westside Consolidated Number Five School District in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school district is a consolidation of three small rural town school districts Bono, Egypt, and Cash, Arkansas in 1968. I met with my mentor Mr. Scott Gaunt the school district superintendent on January 18, 2017 between meetings with district leaders and countywide superintendents. We met and discussed the community relations plan and identified the two most important issues for our district as identified in the poll by the Phi Delta Kappan and the Gallop poll. The issues were the lack of financial support for the school district to provide an adequate education for students and the testing and regulations imposed on school districts that lower educational time for students while in school.

(Cleveland Bd. Of Ed. v. Loudermill, 1985). However, different guidelines may be sued in school decision depending on if it is an academic or disciplinary judgment (Harris v. Blake, 1986). For academic decision, the school can satisfy due process by notifying the student before termination or suspension. Disciplinary actions, however, require an oral or written notice of charges, an explanation of the evidence, and the opportunity to tell their side of the story. For this case, the Plaintiff argues his case is disciplinary and the court concurs. However, the procedures implemented by the Defendants satisfied the requirements for due process for a disciplinary dismissal. The May 26, 2010 letter written by Dean Agrawal provided notice to the

The relationship between the superintendent and the board members seemed professional and respectful. I did not witness any body language that would indicate a strained relationship. Also, the board members were respectful of each other and interruptions were minimal during the meeting. There are five members on the board but only four were present. All motions discussed were passed unanimously without disagreement.

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Third committees are Nomination and Corporate Governance Committees. They are a committee that acts under the corporate governance area of Wendy’s organization. Nomination committee concentrate on evaluating the board of directors and investigative the skills and characteristics that are needed in board candidates. Wendy’s committees are: J. Randolph Lewis, Peter H. Rothschild, and David E. Schwab II (Chairperson)

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