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Current School
Bus Route Information and School Closures
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SECTION
B: SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS |
File BA
PART 1: THE BOARD
BOARD OPERATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
GOALS
The Board’s primary responsibilities are to
establish those purposes, programs and procedures which will best produce the
education achievement needed by Division students. The Board, through its
operations shall seek to achieve the following goals:
 | Concentrate the Board’s collective effort on its policymaking and
planning responsibilities. |
| Formulate Board policies which best serve the educational interests of
students. |
| Provide Senior Administration with sufficient and adequate guidelines for
implementing Board policies. (See also CA,CH) |
| Maintain effective communication with the public, staff and students in
order to maintain awareness of attitudes, opinions, needs, desires, and
ideas. |
| Conduct Board business openly, soliciting and encouraging broad-based
involvement in the Board’s decision-making processes by the public,
students and staff. |
OBJECTIVES
It is the intent of the Board of Trustees, working
through the senior administrative staff, to approach its responsibility for the
operation of the School Division through management by objectives. It shall
establish techniques to:
| Set corporate objectives for the Board and the evaluation of their
accomplishment. |
| Establish descriptions for each position in the Division. |
| The setting of performance objectives for each position and function in
the Division. |
| Allow and encourage the people responsible for carrying out objectives to
have a role in establishing them. |
| Conduct a periodic review of performance in relation to the Division
objectives. |
Additionally, the Board shall strive to:
| Interpret the educational needs and aspirations of the community through
the formulation of sound policy statements. |
| Govern the School Division in accordance with Board policy. |
| Provide for leadership in each school in order that the goals and
objectives of the School Division, as set down in the policy manual and the
annual budget, can be effectively carried out. |
| Maintain two-way communication with the various publics served by the
schools in order to interpret public attitudes, to identify procedures and
problems relevant to the schools and to encourage public involvement with
and understanding of the school system. |
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