chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> simple Wrote:
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> > Apparently, the School Board wants the super to
> > attend their meetings.
> > This did not start with Dr Garza.
> >
> > Why on earth would a superintendent attend
> those
> > dreary meetings and be kept out until 11:00 or
> > 12:00 at night by choice? I don't think that
> will
> > happen on her new gig.
>
> It's nothing to do with what the school board or
> superintendent
wants. The division
> superintendent or his designated representative is
> required by law to attend all meetings of the
> school board.
>
> Here's the text of the law:
§
> 22.1-69. Superintendent to attend
> meetings.
> The division superintendent or, in his absence or
> inability to attend, a person designated by him
> and approved by the school board shall be present
> at all meetings of the school board except that on
> affirmative vote of a majority of the members of
> the school board, attendance of the division
> superintendent or his designee may be dispensed
> with at a special meeting of the school board. If
> matters pertaining to the division superintendent
> personally are under discussion at any such
> meeting, he shall remain subject to the call of
> the school board.
Of course, the law
> does state that the superintendent's attendance
> can be dispensed with by a majority vote of the
> school board for "special" meetings, but I suspect
> that kind of "special" meeting would usually end
> up with the superintendent's head (figuratively)
> on a spike.
My point stands.
The Superintendent does not attend School Board meetings because they want to.