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My Qualifications
Friends with all the movers and shakers
Career executive or CEO of business or non-profit
PTA president, levy committee chair, or otherdistrict cheerleader
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My Qualifications (cont.)
Spent the past three years closely following theactions of the Everett school district anddecisions of the school board
Attended school board meetings (or at leastread the agendas & minutes)
Made many public comments to the board,
most of them focused on policy decisions(In one case, my suggested changes to a policy
revision were adopted in toto)
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My Qualifications (cont.)
I understand the general organizationalstructure of the district, and am familiar withmany of the various departments and the
administrators who work in them Attended WSSDA training sessions (both
general and Everett board-specific)
Studied governance models, especially CarverPolicy Governance
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My Qualifications (cont.)
Read materials published by WSSDA, alsoWASA, EEA, WEA, other materials by variouseducational organizations and media
I keep up with the district's goings-on byregularly requesting the superintendents Friday
Reports to the board
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Actions by the majority of Board members are
rooted in longstanding policies used by other
local governments based on the law and the
principles of open government.
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Consent Agenda
Standard consent agenda: a series of actionitems, usually routine matters, to be approvedin a single motion. Any member of the
governing body wishing to remove an item tothe regular agenda may do so, no questionsasked
Everett School Board's consent agenda: same
as above, but at least one other director mustconcur with the request
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Consent Agenda (cont.)
What you have here is a special rule of order thatredefines a term with an entirely different meaning. Itappears to defeat the purpose of the consent agenda,and violates more than one of the principles in
Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised. However, if itwas adopted by the two-thirds vote required toapprove a special rule of order, it is in force.
Colette Collier Trohan, CPP-T, PRPA Great Meeting, Inc.
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Executive Sessions
What the OPMA says:
Nothing contained in this may be construed to
prevent a governing body from holding anexecutive session... to review the performanceof a public employee.
RCW 42.30.110(g)
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Executive Sessions (cont.)
Everett School Board: the OPMA mandates thatevaluation of the superintendent be held inexecutive session. Anything so much as an
evaluative comment on the superintendent'sperformance belongs in executive session.
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Executive Sessions (cont.)
Because our board encourages a different wayof evaluating the superintendent, all of ourevaluation conversations since 2003 have been
conducted in public session. However, thatsbecause we havent considered what I callpersonal peccadilloes to be relevant to theperformance of the district.
Rick Maloney, University Place School BoardVice President
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To the Board and Administration: wetrust in your decision-making and yourdedication.
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Trust scenarios
An employee insists as a condition ofemployment that his internet use not bemonitored
Your favorite niece will babysit your youngchildren, but only under the condition that youdo not have any kind of nanny-cam in thehouse, and that you do not return home earlier
than predicted You learn that your all-time favorite restaurant
has arranged that it is given 24 hours notice
before a health inspection
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My Remedy
Revise, restore, or discard, as appropriate,policies designed to silence individual directorvoices and obfuscate the public's view of the
board's decision-making
Rewrite or create policies that will push theboard's transparency beyondthe minimumrequirements of the law
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My Remedy (one example)
Board Policy on Attorney-Client privilege
Legal advice pertaining to routine policy
decisions will be normally released to thepublic. However, each such release will requireaction by the board to waive attorney-clientprivilege.
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