School Board
Board of Trustees:Mardi Hinton, PresidentTerm: November, 2018
E-mail: mardipousd@gmail.com John Way, Vice PresidentTerm: November, 2020
E-mail: jway@pousd.org Albert Lau, ClerkTerm: November, 2018
E-mail: alau@pousd.org |
Mindy Mohr, MemberTerm: November, 2020
E-mail: mmohr@pousd.org Cindy Pryor, MemberTerm: November, 2018
E-mail: cpryor@pousd.org Our meeting Wednesday, October 11th, is cancelled due to the recent wildfires in Santa Rosa. New date is TBD. |
Schedule of Governing Board MeetingsRegular Governing Board Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the Month.
2017 Regular Meeting Schedule January 11, 2017 February 1, 2017 March 1, 2017 April 5, 2017 May 3, 2017 June 7, 2017 July TBD August 2, 2017 September 6, 2017 October 11, 2017 November 1, 2017 December 6, 2017 |
Dear Parents/Guardians/Community Members:
In recognition of the tremendous value to promote community awareness and open lines of communication,
the Piner-Olivet Union School District (POUSD) Board has created a policy regarding the implementation of
regular, open-door engagement opportunities or “office hours” with the intention of providing an opportunity
beyond the portion of the Board’s monthly agenda set aside for public comment. During these office hours, the
larger District community will be able to connect with and share ideas, concerns or express a point of view on
topics that may be useful to the individual Board members and potentially the Governance Team as a whole.
Given the constraints imposed by the Brown Act, the Board policy outlines that at no time will there be more
than two Board Members be present at any scheduled office hour session and that no Board decisions/actions
will be taken or committed to.
Schedule for the coming year is as follows:
Date: 9/21/17 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: Schaefer Charter School Room 26
Date: 10/19/17 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: Jack London/POCS School Room B 7
Date: 11/16/17 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: Olivet Elementary Charter School Room 3
Date: 1/18/18 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: NWP Charter School MP Room
General Expectations and Guidelines:
To ensure compliance with the Brown Act, Board members will not communicate the content of these
meetings to other Board members, but will report out to the Board as a whole during a new portion of the
agenda for just this report during a duly agendized Board meeting.
The Board asks that the public will be mindful that action can only be taken through a majority vote of its
members in a duly agendized Board meeting. Therefore, statements made by individual Board members only
represent the view of that Board member, and not the Governance Team as whole. Likewise, statements or
information provided to individual Board members are also only made to the individual Board member, and
not to the Board as a whole.
Additionally, the Board asks that all participants of these office hour sessions understand that all personnel
matters are confidential. All participants are expected to respect confidentiality; the School Board member
cannot comment, nor offer their individual opinion, on such matters. Any individual Board member’s lack of
response or silence should not be treated as indication of any particular position on the matter.
The community will not submit individual-specific grievances, rather all comments and input should be made
using generic – non-specific language so as to bring issues to light without exposing, disclosing or calling
attention any single person/student/staff.
Every effort will be made by all participants to adhere to authentic, public appropriate communication while
engaging.
We are excited to have this new way to hear from the POUSD community and look forward to office hours at a
site near you soon!
In recognition of the tremendous value to promote community awareness and open lines of communication,
the Piner-Olivet Union School District (POUSD) Board has created a policy regarding the implementation of
regular, open-door engagement opportunities or “office hours” with the intention of providing an opportunity
beyond the portion of the Board’s monthly agenda set aside for public comment. During these office hours, the
larger District community will be able to connect with and share ideas, concerns or express a point of view on
topics that may be useful to the individual Board members and potentially the Governance Team as a whole.
Given the constraints imposed by the Brown Act, the Board policy outlines that at no time will there be more
than two Board Members be present at any scheduled office hour session and that no Board decisions/actions
will be taken or committed to.
Schedule for the coming year is as follows:
Date: 9/21/17 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: Schaefer Charter School Room 26
Date: 10/19/17 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: Jack London/POCS School Room B 7
Date: 11/16/17 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: Olivet Elementary Charter School Room 3
Date: 1/18/18 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: NWP Charter School MP Room
General Expectations and Guidelines:
To ensure compliance with the Brown Act, Board members will not communicate the content of these
meetings to other Board members, but will report out to the Board as a whole during a new portion of the
agenda for just this report during a duly agendized Board meeting.
The Board asks that the public will be mindful that action can only be taken through a majority vote of its
members in a duly agendized Board meeting. Therefore, statements made by individual Board members only
represent the view of that Board member, and not the Governance Team as whole. Likewise, statements or
information provided to individual Board members are also only made to the individual Board member, and
not to the Board as a whole.
Additionally, the Board asks that all participants of these office hour sessions understand that all personnel
matters are confidential. All participants are expected to respect confidentiality; the School Board member
cannot comment, nor offer their individual opinion, on such matters. Any individual Board member’s lack of
response or silence should not be treated as indication of any particular position on the matter.
The community will not submit individual-specific grievances, rather all comments and input should be made
using generic – non-specific language so as to bring issues to light without exposing, disclosing or calling
attention any single person/student/staff.
Every effort will be made by all participants to adhere to authentic, public appropriate communication while
engaging.
We are excited to have this new way to hear from the POUSD community and look forward to office hours at a
site near you soon!
