Your School Board is composed of five citizens elected to serve terms of four years each. At the end of his/her term, a Board Member wishing to continue his/her unsalaried services to the community must be re-elected to an additional term. State law does not limit the number of terms a member may serve. Voting for School Board positions takes place during the November General Election. All Board Members are elected at large. Vacancies are filled by appointment or election until the next regular election.

Regular meetings take place in the District Office Board Room, 3033 MacDonald Avenue, on the second Tuesday of the month at 5:30 PM. Occasionally a holiday or other circumstance will alter this schedule. In such case, or in the case of a special meeting, public notice is made in advance of the change of date and posted at a place where parents, teachers, and all those interested may see it at least 24 hours prior to the time of the meeting.

When notice of a pending executive session is a regular agenda item the specific provision authorizing the session will be cited. ARS §38-431.02

To have an item placed on the agenda, contact Nancy Sloan at the District Office (753-5678) at least a week before the meeting date.

CHARGES, COMPLAINTS OR CHALLENGES
At a public meeting of the Board, no person shall orally initiate personal charges or complaints against individual employees of the district. Any charges, complaints, or challenges shall be presented to the Superintendent or Board in writing, signed by the complainant. All such charges, if presented to the Board directly, shall be referred to the Superintendent for investigation.

CIRCULATION OF MATERIALS
Any written or printed material desired to be circulated to the Board should be submitted to the Superintendent by the Wednesday preceding the meeting. Materials will be transmitted to members of the Board by the Superintendent on the Friday preceding the meeting, along with other agenda materials. No printed matter will be distributed to the audience without Board approval.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
The Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Roger Jacks, is appointed by the Board and acts as its executive officer in administrating their policies in the operation of the schools. He also acts as advisor in keeping the Board informed of the needs and programs of the schools. The Superintendent is available to the Board as a professional resource, and his recommendations normally precede any Board action on questions relating to recruitment and supervision of professional staff, selection of textbooks and instructional materials, development of curriculum, school plant planning and fiscal affairs.

HOW TO GET ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
An individual or representative of a group who wishes to address the Board should submit a written request to the superintendent no later than one week prior to the board meeting, indicating the subject of his/her remarks in order to have the subject listed on the agenda of the next meeting.

In keeping with Board policy, we hope you can express your ideas in three minutes or less. The president will limit discussion whenever he/she deems such an action appropriate to the proper conduct of the meeting.

GOVERNING BOARD
The Board’s function is decision making. It wants to hear the sentiments of the public to assist in making those decisions, but time spent answering routine questions or criticisms is taken from more important business. If a resident has a question about the operation of the schools, he/she is encouraged to contact the teacher or administrator closest to the situation. Experience has shown that this is the best procedure. The questioner gets the response he/she wants directly; the Board is freed to consider other matters.

However, it is the policy of the Board to hold itself readily available to residents and employees of the district for the hearing of reports and petitions and where necessary, for appeal from administrative determinations and interpretations. If after consultation with the Superintendent, any resident or employee wishes to address the Board, he/she is welcome to do so in a regular, or, if proper notice is given, in a special meeting.

In entertaining a request or complaint from residents or employees, the Board does not obligate itself to act upon such request or complaint unless it is submitted in writing. The Board further reserves the right to defer its reply or action until it has had reasonable time to give full consideration to the matter. These restrictions are intended not to impede communication with the Board, but to enable the Board to have all the facts upon which its decisions must be based.

UNLESS THE MEETING IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED AS A PUBLIC HEARING, A BOARD MEETING IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING. IT IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD IN PUBLIC.

THANK YOU
Your continued interest and support of your public schools will guarantee their excellence. Please join us on the second Tuesday of each month for our board meetings.