I.+School+board+meeting

I. Attend a school board meeting
I attended the school board meeting on October 12, 2009. The meeting discussed Accountability reports, H1N1, Transportation concerns, Health Insurance for Students, Valuation Report, and sought approval for many items, including target donations, direct contract amendment, special educational assistant, debate coach, grant coordinator, home school application, student requests for early graduation, and session for negotiations. It was intense. In an hour the board covered all of this. I found it so interesting that they were so sufficient. It was great to learn because I had never school board meaning.

I learned how the school board works with students. Students do not like the school food program because they would like more options and more open campus. So on September 25th over fifty students boycotted the lunch and walked in with sack lunches. This upset the lunch staff but exercised the students’ rights in a formal way. The school board discussed how the students were working together with the lunch program to resolve issues. The school board decided to monitor this without taking action to allow the students to grow. I think this was a great decision, and although there was more I jotted down during the meeting, this key item was what had the most impact on my experience.