Board Policy Handbook

Board Policy Handbook

The Board Policy Handbook highlights and supports the important governance function of the Board. It clearly defines the role of the Board, the role of the Superintendent of Schools and the delegation of authority from the Board to the Superintendent. It includes:

• Foundational statements which provide guidance and direction for all activities within the District;
• Directions for how the Board itself is to function as well as how Board committees are to function;
• Statements as to how appeals and hearings will be conducted;
• Non-delegable matters such as policy-making and school closures; and,
• Specific matters which the Board has chosen not to delegate to the Superintendent.

This Board Policy Handbook is supplemented by an Administrative Procedures Manual; the primary written document by which the Superintendent directs staff. The Administrative Procedures Manual must be entirely consistent with this Board Policy Handbook.