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05 COMMITMENT TO A CODE OF ETHICS

• Attend all regularly scheduled Board meetings as often as possible and become
informed concerning the issues to be considered at those meetings�
• Delegate authority for the administration of the schools to the superintendent�
• Endeavor to make policy decisions only after full discussion at publicly held Board
meetings, and render all decisions based on the available facts and refuse to
surrender that judgment to individuals or special groups�
• Encourage the free expression of opinion by all trustees and seek systematic
communications between the Board and students, staff, and all elements of the
community�
• Communicate to trustees and the superintendent at appropriate times expressions of
public reaction to Board policies and school programs�
• Become informed about current educational issues by individual study and through
participation in programs providing needed information, such as those sponsored by
state and national school board associations�

• Refrain from using the position of trustee for personal or partisan gain�
• Make certain the Board remains responsive to the community�
• Remember always remember that the first and greatest concern of a trustee must be
the educational welfare of all the students attending the public schools� [BBF (LOCAL)]

BUILDING ON A
LEGACY

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