Garfield Re-2 Policies

The school board in modern America faces a difficult set of challenges.  It must fashion a quality education program, must decide complex policy issues and must oversee the prudent management of school facilities.

The public expects its elected Board members to demonstrate high qualities of leadership as they deal with affairs of the public schools.  In turn, the Board expects public support for its efforts to enlarge the horizons and abilities of its members.

The Board of Education places a high priority on the importance of a planned and continuing program of inservice education for its members.  The central purpose of the program is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of public school governance.  The Board shall plan specific inservice activities designed to assist Board members in their efforts to improve their skills as members of a policymaking body; to expand their knowledge about trends, issues and new ideas affecting the continued welfare of local schools, and to deepen their insights into the nature of leadership in a modern, democratic society.

Funds shall be budgeted annually to support the program.  Individual Board members shall be reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs incurred through participation in approved activities.  The Board as a whole shall retain the authority to approve or disapprove the participation of members in planned activities.

The public shall be kept informed through the news media about the Board's continuing inservice education and about the programs anticipated for short- and long-range benefits to the schools.

The Board regards the following as the kinds of activities and services appropriate for implementing this policy:

1. Participation in school board conferences, workshops and conventions held by the state and national school boards associations

2. District-sponsored training sessions for Board members

3. Subscriptions to publications addressed to the concerns of Board members

Adopted: October 24, 1995 

Reviewed:          January 9, 2018

Garfield School District No. Re-2, Rifle, Colorado