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- | **Board Member Code of Ethics POLICY: BCA\\ | + | **Policy BCA\\ |
+ | Board Member Code of Ethics\\ | ||
School Board Approved: May 2, 2016**\\ | School Board Approved: May 2, 2016**\\ | ||
- | **BOARD MEMBER CODE OF ETHICS**\\ | + | The Board’s first concern is the educational welfare of our students. Members of the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School Board will strive to improve public education and endeavor to:\\ |
- | The Board’s first concern is the educational welfare of our students. MEMBERS OF THE JAFFREY-RINDGE | + | * Attend all regularly scheduled Board meetings insofar as possible and become informed concerning the issues to be considered at those meetings. |
- | COOPERATIVE SCHOOL BOARD WILL STRIVE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND ENDEAVOR TO:\\ | + | * Make policy decisions only after full discussion at publicly held Board meetings. |
+ | * Render all decisions based on the available facts and my independent judgment, and refuse to surrender that judgment to individuals or special interest groups. | ||
+ | * Encourage the free expression of opinion by all Board members and seek systematic communications between the Board and students, staff and all elements of the community. | ||
+ | * Work with other Board members to establish effective Board policies and to delegate authority for the administration of the schools to the Superintendent of Schools. | ||
+ | * Communicate to other Board members and the Superintendent expressions of public reaction to Board policies and school programs. | ||
+ | * Be informed about current educational issues by individual study and through participation in programs providing needed information, such as those sponsored by the state and national school board associations. | ||
+ | * Support those persons best qualified to serve as school staff and insist on a regular and impartial evaluation of all staff. | ||
+ | * Avoid being placed in a position of conflict of interest and refrain from using his/her Board position for personal or partisan gain. | ||
+ | * Take no private action that will compromise the Board or administration, and respect the confidentiality of information that is privileged under applicable law or is received in confidence or non-public session. | ||
- | Attend all regularly scheduled Board meetings insofar as possible and become informed concerning the issues to | + | {{ ::bca_board_member_code_of_ethics.pdf |Download}}\\ |
- | be considered at those meetings;\\ | + | |
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- | Make policy decisions only after full discussion at publicly held Board meetings;\\ | + | |
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- | Render all decisions based on the available facts and my independent judgment, and refuse to surrender that | + | |
- | judgment to individuals or special interest groups;\\ | + | |
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- | Encourage the free expression of opinion by all Board members and seek systematic communications between the | + | |
- | Board and students, staff and all elements of the community;\\ | + | |
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- | Work with other Board members to establish effective Board policies and to delegate authority for the | + | |
- | administration of the schools to the Superintendent of Schools;\\ | + | |
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- | Communicate to other Board members and the Superintendent expressions of public reaction to Board policies | + | |
- | and school programs;\\ | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Be informed about current educational issues by individual study and through participation in programs providing | + | |
- | needed information, such as those sponsored by the state and national school board associations;\\ | + | |
- | Support those persons best qualified to serve as school staff and insist on a regular and impartial evaluation of all staff;\\ | + | |
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- | Avoid being placed in a position of conflict of interest and refrain from using his/her Board position for personal | + | |
- | or partisan gain;\\ | + | |
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- | Take no private action that will compromise the Board or administration, and respect the confidentiality of | + | |
- | information that is privileged under applicable law or is received in confidence or non-public session;\\ | + | |
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- | {{ :bca_board_member_code_of_ethics.pdf |Download}}\\ | + | |
[[section_b|Section B]]\\ | [[section_b|Section B]]\\ | ||
[[start|Policy Manual]] | [[start|Policy Manual]] | ||