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Hunting Ridge School

1105 Illinois Ave
Palatine, IL 60067

(847) 963-5300

Community Consolidated School District 15

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CCSD15	IL Assoc. of School Boards
Spotlight On The Board	IL State Board of Ed
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Board Meetings may be viewed on Palatine Channel 6 on Sundays at 5pm and Thursdays at 7pm. Rolling Meadows Channel 6 on Mondays at 3pm and Hoffman Estates Channel 6 on Sundays and Thursdays at 8pm.
According to the Illinois Association of School Boards, the purpose of the Board of Education is to provide local citizen control over education at a point as close to the parent and child as possible. The school board should represent the citizens of the school district, not just some of the citizens, but all of them. Perhaps the single most important job of a school board is to employ a superintendent and to hold him or her responsible for managing the schools in accordance with state law and the school board's policies. The board also sets educational goals and policies for the schools based upon state laws and community values and needs. They guarantee that the superintendent and the total staff vigorously pursue those goals. Functions of the Board of Education include: Hiring and evaluating the superintendent of schools. Authorizing employment of staff members and setting salaries. Setting educational standards and goals and monitoring district performance. Authorizing curriculum development and revision. Adopting and monitoring a budget sufficient to carry out district goals. Establishing district wide policies. A school board is a governmental body. It can take action only by majority vote at a public meeting. The individual board member has no authority other than the right to cast a vote at such a meeting. A board member who attempts to speak for the total board, direct members of the staff or make other individual decisions is acting outside the law. The school board is required to meet in public. The purpose of a school board meeting is to transact the legal business of the school district through discussion and voting among the members. Except at time set aside for public input, citizens normally do not take part in discussions. However, because the school board needs to understand what the community thinks, most boards provide time at meetings for citizens to be heard. This is one way that boards can gauge the desires of the people they represent, even though persons who speak up at school board meetings often do not represent the total community, or even the majority. Some boards also use surveys, citizens committees, and public forums to determine what people want from the schools. Source: iasb.com and ccsd15.net

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