Instructions for Presentations to the Board

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD

BY

PARENTS AND CITIZENS

 

BRIDGES Charter School welcomes your participation at the School’s Board meetings.  The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors is to conduct the affairs of the School in public.  We are pleased that you are in attendance and hope that you will visit these meetings often.  Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school.

 

1.     Agendas are available to all audience members at the door to the meeting.

2.     “Request to Speak” forms are available to all audience members who wish to speak on any agenda item or under the general category of “Public Comment.”

3.     “Public Comment” is set aside for members of the audience to raise issues that are not specifically on the agenda.  However, due to public meeting laws, the Board can only listen to your issue, not respond or take action.  These presentations are limited to three (3) minutes and total time allotted to non-agenda items will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.  The Board may give direction to staff to respond to your concern or you may be offered the option of returning with citizen-requested item.

4.     With regard to items that are on the agenda, you may specify that agenda item on your blue request form and you will be given an opportunity to speak for up to five (5) minutes when the Board discusses that item.

5.     When addressing the Board, speakers are requested to state their name and address and adhere to the time limits set forth herein.

6.     Citizens may request that a topic related to school business be placed on a future agenda.  Once such an item is properly agendized and publicly noticed, the Board can respond, interact, and act upon the item.

      7.     In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and upon request, BRIDGES Charter School may furnish    reasonable auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Individuals who require appropriate alternative modification of the agenda in order to participate in Board meetings are invited to contact the Director’s Office.

The Agenda is posted for a minimum of 72 contiguous hours prior to Board meeting dates on the BRIDGES website at www.BRIDGEScharter.org and at the entrance to the physical location for the meeting (BRIDGES Charter School).  A full agenda packet, with explanatory materials, is available for public review at this physical location