• Get involved. Be heard.

    Citizens are encouraged to attend Safety and Security Committee meetings and take an active role in the community. Those who wish to address the Committee may do so during regular sch3eduled meetings.
     

     

    Citizen Participation Request at Regular School Safety and Security Committee Meetings

     

    • The Committee must allow every person who wishes to address the board on an agenda item to do so during or before the committee's consideration of the item;
    • The Committee must allow public comments before or during the committee's consideration of the item;
    • The Committee may establish reasonable rules for public comments, including rules that limit the total time a member of the public can address the committee on a given item;
    • The Committee may not prohibit public criticism of the committee, including criticism of any act, omission, policy, procedures, program, or service, and
    • If the Committee adopts rules limiting the amount of time a member of the public may have to address the committee but does not use simultaneous translation equipment in a manner that allows the board to hear the translated public testimony simultaneously, then the committee must provide at least twice the amount of time for non-English speakers who need a translator.

     

    Public Comments

    Citizens are encouraged to attend  Safety and Security Committee meetings and take an active role in the community. Those who wish to address the Committee may do so during regular meetings.
     

    Public Comment Request at Board Meetings

    If you have a concern, the best place to begin is with those directly involved, usually at the specific school -- with the teacher and/or principal. Most problems or concerns can be quickly resolved at the campus level.

    Public participation at  Safety and Security Committee meetings is limited to the designated "Public Comments" portion of the meeting. Anyone wishing to participate in this portion of the meeting shall present a completed Public Comment Request Form to the  Safety and Security Committee Chairman's Designee prior to the beginning of the meeting and shall indicate the topic about which they wish to speak. At all other times, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered by the  Safety and Security Committee.

    Procedures regarding Citizen Participation at a Safety and Security Committee meeting are disclosed to you. They are as follows:

    • Public Comments are limited to the audience items portion of the meeting; 
    • Persons who wish to participate in this portion must sign up with the Chairman's designee before the meeting begins and shall include the topic they wish to speak about; 
    • No presentation shall exceed three minutes; 
    • Delegations of more than three persons shall appoint one person to present their views; 
    • The  Safety and Security Committee will not entertain comments concerning: 
      • Individual personnel or students; Presentations may not use the name of, or address the character of any student, staff, or Committee member;
      • Complaints or concerns which are covered by other policies; 
    • The Committee will not take any action on items presented under Public Comments; and 
    • Reasonable restraints on the number, length, and frequency of presentations are permissible.