Wa-Nee Community School Corporation
Bylaws & Policies
 

4112 - BOARD-STAFF COMMUNICATIONS

The School Board desires to maintain open channels of communication between itself and the staff. The basic line of communication, will, however, be through the Superintendent.
 

A.

Staff Communications to the Board
     
   

All communications from staff members to the Board or its committees shall be submitted through the Superintendent. This procedure is not intended to deny any staff member the right to appeal to the Board on important matters through established procedures.
     
   

Significant complaints or communications from teachers, parents, or patrons to individual Board members or to the Board as a whole, will be conveyed to the Office of the Superintendent.
     
   

Communications to individual Board members requesting action or a statement of view may be acknowledged. It is recommended that an answer which commits the Board member should be avoided until the full Board has reviewed the issue.
     
 

B.

Board Communications to Staff
     
   

All official communications, policies, and directives of the Board of staff interest and concern to the staff will be communicated through the Superintendent, who shall also keep staff members fully informed of the Board's problems, concerns, and actions.
     
   

Statements of a Board member's opinion to any citizen will be clearly identified as an individual opinion which does not necessarily reflect the thinking of the entire Board.
     
 

C.

Social Interaction
     
   

Both staff and Board members share a keen interest in the schools and in education generally, and it is to be expected that when they meet at social affairs and other functions, they will informally discuss such matters as educational trends, issues, and innovations, and general problems of the School Corporation. However, since individual Board members have no special authority except when they are convened at a legal meeting of the Board or vested with special authority by Board action, discussions between staff and Board members of personalities or personnel grievances will be considered to be unethical conduct.