[Anonymous]

I greatly appreciate the discussion last night on board policy. Here is my input:
1. I do not support moving the internal auditor from reporting to the superintendent to reporting directly to the board.
2. I support having a policy committee to review the changes to the law during legislative sessions.
3. I favor tracking board member info requests through Google drive.
4. I do not support having only one board member to get items on the agenda.
5. For student and staff recognitions I am amenable to any practices.
6. It’s not that a board member can abstain if there is a conflict of interest. It is he/she should abstain or recluse in this situation. There are 3 reasons for abstaining other than that: a) protest vote, e.g. an agenda item that has nothing to do with educating kids. It’s not just my personal opinion that we have spent a significant amount of time on things that have little to do with student outcomes; zero community input or comments on some of the agenda items is an indication.
b) none-of-the-above choice, e.g. yes/no side both have good arguments, but a third way is more desirable. Abstaining will encourage both sides to seek common ground and work out a solution if there is no majority vote.
c) time, e.g. not all decisions demand investigation from the full board. If every board member spends ~10 minutes on one every single item as insignificant as choosing paint color , it takes ~70 minutes of meeting time for every single item. Things have to be done. Community members who are passionate about public education and expertise in certain areas, yet do not know district matters inside out should not be discouraged to volunteer as board trustees.
These 3 reasons aside, I do agree that for important decisions that affect every student, abstaining should be minimized.
7. I am 100% behind the proposed transfer policy.
8. I am with the board to make the grievance process more accessible.
9. I see the pros and cons, but I favor autonomy of each EC body with their own policy.

[Cory Vessa]

Thanks Trustee Xiao. I appreciate this feedback.

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