Responsibilities of a School Board Member

A school board member takes on one of the most important citizen responsibilities: overseeing the education of the community’s youth. School boards are comprised of volunteers within the community who dedicate their time to better public education. The Board of Education oversees and manages the community’s public school system. It ensures the public schools are flexible and responsive to the needs of the community. Election to the Board of Education is an extremely important responsibility.

• Create a shared vision for the future of education.
• Set the direction of the school district to achieve the highest student performance.
• Provide rigorous accountability for student achievement results.
• Develop a budget and present it to the community, aligning District resources to improve achievement.
• Support a healthy school district culture for work and learning.
• Create strategic partnerships with the community stakeholders.
• Build the District’s progress through continuous improvement.
• Adopt and maintain current policies.
• Ratify collective bargaining agreements.
• Maintain strong ethical standards.