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Board of Education

Responsibilities and Role of the Board

Responsibilities of the Board

Goals

  • The board establishes the goals and vision of the district, with input from the community, and evaluates the results.

Policy

  • The board develops and approves rules to help schools operate for student success.

Superintendent

  • The only employee the board supervises and evaluates. Day-to-day school operations are delegated to this position.

Budget

  • Approves the budget proposed by the Superintendent and ensures funding supports district goals.

Advocacy

  • Shares district information with local legislators and the community to secure resources for student success.

Role of the Board

The role of the District’s Board is to govern the community’s public schools by making the major decisions for the District as a whole. The Board collectively makes these decisions and individual Board members do not have the power to speak or act for the Board. The Board as a whole, by working with the Superintendent to make decisions that will best serve the District’s students, will govern the community’s schools. Accordingly, complaints or concerns made to Board members will be referred to the appropriate District point of contact for resolution.

School Board Basics from Missouri School Board's Association