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Philosophy of the Board

The primary responsibility of the Mount Healthy City Schools Board of Education is to establish purposes, programs, and procedures that will best produce the educational achievement needed by District students. The Board in conjunction with the Treasurer, must accomplish this while also being responsible for wise management of finances and resources available to the District. The Board must fulfill these responsibilities by functioning primarily as a legislative body to formulate and adopt policy, by selecting an executive officer to implement policy and by evaluating the results. Further, it must carry out its functions openly, while seeking the involvement and contributions of public, students, and staff in its decision-making processes.

In accordance with these principles, the Board will seek to achieve the following goals:

A.

to concentrate the Board's collective effort on its policy-making and planning responsibilities

B.

to formulate Board policies which best serve the educational interests of each student

C.

to provide the Superintendent with sufficient and adequate guidelines for implementing Board policies

D.

to maintain effective communication with the school community, the staff, and students in order to maintain awareness of attitudes, opinions, desires, and ideas

E.

to allow those responsible for carrying out objectives to have input in their formation

F.

to conduct Board business openly, soliciting, and encouraging broad-based involvement in the decision-making process by public, student, and staff

G.

to periodically review its performance against the goals