1020

QUALIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE OF A BOARD MEMBER

1020

A member of the Board shall endeavor to attend all meetings, discuss items presented on the agenda, and vote upon motions and resolutions presented.

Official decisions of the Board can be arrived at only at duly constituted Board meetings. An individual Board member or groups of board members do not have independent authority to speak for the board and should make no out-of-meeting commitments unless directed to do so on behalf of the Board.

It is important that a Board member be nonpartisan in dealing with school matters and that she/he not subordinate the education of children and youth to any partisan principle, group, interest, or personal ambition.

In addition to the foregoing, a Board member should::

1020.1

She/he should have personal integrity, intelligence, and appreciation of the values of good education.

1020.2

She/he should be a successful citizen, willing to, and capable of assuming responsibility.

1020.3

She/he should have the ability to work with others, should have the courage of her/his convictions, should always vote her/his beliefs, and should be a champion of the public schools.

1020.4

Be prepared and willing to devote sufficient time to the study of the problems of education in the system as a whole, as well as the state and nation at-large, so as to be able to interpret them to the electorate of the district.

1020.5

Be willing and able to make sacrifices of personal time for the benefit of the district.

1020.6

Have no business interests which will conflict with the activities of the Board.

Legal Reference: G.S. 115C-37(g)

Adopted: May 24, 1976

Revised: June 24, 2004