Among the public meetings the Council Rock School Board holds are committee meetings such as Academic Standards, Facilities and Finance. These occur monthly and are an opportunity for some in-depth discussion and examination of issues, generally in more detail than can be given during the regular Board meetings.
I have attended many of these Committee meetings, mostly the ones on Facilities and Finance, and often have found more details about projects, gotten a better understanding and occasionally even made suggestions or comments that the Board could take into consideration.
Meetings of the Facilities Committee and Finance Committee were scheduled for this evening at 5:30 and 7:00 respectively. They have both been canceled — no reason was specified publicly, although the superintendent indicated there was nothing urgent to discuss. This is the second time in the last three months that Finance has been canceled (August 26th was as well). You would think that in a year with this many questions about budget, revenue, expenses and such that there would be plenty of need to keep up with all the latest information. You would also think it would be important for there to be a public forum to ask questions about those topics. Well, apparently the Board and Administration don’t share those thoughts.
Keeping the public involved doesn’t appear to play a role in whether to hold these meetings at Council Rock.
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