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Barre Town Supervisory
District Policy Manual
TITLE: Community
Relations CODE: KD
Policy
It is the policy of the Barre Town School
District to encourage the involvement of the community in its school, to
keep the community informed of the objectives, achievements, needs, and
conditions of the school system. The superintendent of schools will be
responsible for initiating and administering a continuous program of
communication within the community. The superintendent will make use of
appropriate school personnel and all available media in discharging this
responsibility.
Implementation
Community support for the program can best be established through a
public that understands and is active in school affairs. Therefore, it
is the expressed policy of the school to cooperate actively with
community agencies and organizations that are concerned with the welfare
of young people. All efforts of this school system should be directed
toward maintaining open communications among the schools, the public,
and public agencies.
The school system’s community outreach program should:
- create a planned, systematic,
two-way communications process between the Board and the community;
- encourage opportunities for the
school involvement through volunteerism;
- provide the channels necessary for
resolving grievances and eliminating misunderstandings;
- use a variety of media including but
not limited to meetings, letters and e-mail, circulars, web sites,
seminars, publications, communications media and personal contacts;
- provide that, when circumstances
warrant, the board will designate an administrator or board member
to be the spokesperson for the board or district on a given topic or
specific incident. When such a designation has been made, the
designated individual shall respond on behalf of the district or
board to all inquiries related to the topic or incident, and board
members and staff members will refer all inquiries to the designated
individual.
Mac/c:KD
Date Adopted: 11/7/83
1st Reading: 12/15/99, 9/21/05
Date Revised:1/19/00 , 10/5/05
Legal Reference(s):
Cross References: Date Distributed: 1/21/00, 10/11/05
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