LAPS: School Board
2017 School Board Members: (left to right) Stephen Boerigter, Andrea Cunningham,
Board President: Jenny McCumber, Ellen Ben-Naim, and Bill Hargraves
President: Jenny McCumber – District 3 – j.mccumber@laschools.net • Photo and Years Served
Vice President: Andrea Cunningham – District 4 – a.cunningham@laschools.net • Photo and Years Served
Board Member: Bill Hargraves – District 5 – b.hargraves@laschools.net • Photo and Years Served
Board Member: Ellen Ben-Naim – District 1 – e.ben-naim@laschools.net • Photo and Years Served
Board Member: Stephen Boerigter – District 2 – s.boerigter@laschools.net • Photo and Years Served
LOS ALAMOS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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| Policy Series | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1000 Community Relations | Communications with the Public Participation by the Public Public Activities involving Staff, Students, and School Facilities Relations between Local, State, Regional and National Non-School Sponsored Activities |
| 2000 Administration | Central Administrative and Supervisory Personnel Temporary and Part-Time Administrative Personnel Administrative Operations |
| 3000 Business & Non Instructional Operations | Finance Income Expenditures Non-Instructional Operations |
| 4000 Personnel | All Personnel Licensed Personnel Classified Personnel |
| 5000 Students | Elementary and Secondary Special Education |
| 6000 Instruction | Elementary and Secondary |
| 8000 Internal Board Organization | Organization Members Methods of Operation Responsibilities of the School Board |
| 9000 Board Bylaws | Term of Office Organization Duties of Members and Auxiliary Personnel Methods of Operation |
Open Meeting Policy
Certificate as to Open Meeting Policy • Board Bylaws Establishing Standards for Reasonable Public Notice of Meetings.
Please visit the Board Policies & Regulations. • 9341 School Board Meetings • 9342 Special School Board Meetings • 9345 Executive Meeting
Resolutions:
Student Involvement on the School Board
Proposal:
Begin “pilot program” for 2015-2016 school year to utilize more student involvement with school board. The idea would be to spend this year seeing what works and what doesn’t with a plan to create a permanent school board policy for the future.
Goals:
- More input from a broader cross-section of high school students
- Enable school board to make more well-informed decisions
- Allow students to learn about how the school district and school board works
- Help students learn about the importance of board decisions and more about civic engagement
Selection Process:
- “Student liaisons to the school board” will be in addition to student council representatives who currently report at board meetings
- Two to four students will be selected from an application process created by the school board.
- Any junior or senior student can apply for a position. It will not be limited to student council or any particular student group.
- The board will try to select students with diverse interests and involvement to get a broader student perspective on issues. Criteria for selection will include: interest level, involvement in activities, ability to attend meetings.
- The board president will assign two board members, the superintendent and a high school administrator to review applications and make a recommendation of student liaisons to the board.
Expectations:
- The student liaison position is advisory to the school board and a non-voting position.
- Student liaisons will serve for one school year. They will be required to attend monthly school board meetings from September to May but will not be required to attend work sessions. Not every student liaison needs to attend every board meeting. The students can rotate attendance, depending on the agenda topics.
- Input from student liaisons will be early on the agenda, and students won’t be expected to stay for the entire board meeting. The board will strive to accommodate student input within the first 90 minutes of each board meeting.
- Two board members will come to the high school for a lunch meeting with the student liaisons once a month the week prior to the school board meeting. Other students will also be invited to the lunch meetings to talk informally about issues and give feedback. (The particular weekday of the lunch meeting will need to be set after school starts to attempt to avoid conflict with other club meetings or lunch activities.)
- A high school administrator (Renee Dunwoody) will coordinate details between the student liaisons and school board. After the student liaisons are selected, Dr. Steinhaus and Mrs. Dunwoody will meet with the students for a brief “orientation” prior to the first school board meeting they attend.
Board approves process: In August
Applications made available to students: As soon as possible after school starts
Applications due: September 1st
Review of applications by committee: In early September
Selection of students: In early September
Orientation of students: Latter part of September
First lunch at high school: First week in October
First school board meeting: In October
