A Reminder...

The School Board has 9 members. Each of them alone has no power, but together they set a course for the district. They elect a chair to create agendas and run meetings. That chair has no super-powers beyond those roles.

Board members can meet with individuals and groups between meetings of the full board, but their opinions carry NO weight except in the context of the larger group. Since the chair is no more than one of nine, he or she can serve as a center of communication between meetings, but no more.

The superintendent is an administrator, employed at the pleasure of the board and delegated to carry out the board's bidding. He or she carries no super powers beyond the direction set by the board. The superintendent is delegated to represent the board, not to pursue goals independent of the board's stated wishes.

The board stands between the communities, the state, and the schools, representing the interests of all three, yet is entrusted to stand against any of those interests if the welfare of the children is at stake. Its paramount duty is to stand as guardians of the welfare of ALL the children served by the district's schools. As such, members of the board must both represent and resist each of the above constituancies.

The strength of the board lies in it's diversity, not in it's unity of purpose, thus any attempt to bully or circumvent the board is a direct threat to the children of the district, and should be considered no less.