Jerome Joint School District No. 261

COMMUNITY RELATIONS 4105F

REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD

NOTICE

DUE TO THEIR SENSTIVE NATURE, COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT PERSONNEL OR INDIVIDUAL

STUDENTS WILL ONLY BE HEARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ADDITIONALLY, OTHER TOPICS YOU WISH TO

ADDRESS MAY ONLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. IN SUCH INSTANCES, THE BOARD WILL

DETERMINE IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR OPEN OR EXECUTIVCE SESSION AND WILL

NOTIFY YOU ACCORDINGLY.

“A PERSON WHO DISRUPTS THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OR WHOSE PRESENCE IS

DETRIMENTAL TO THE MORALS, HEALTH, SAFETY, ACADEMIC LEARNING OR DISCIPLINE

OF THE PUPILS OR WHO LOITERS IN SCHOOLHOUSES OR ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, IS

GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.” Idaho Code § 33-512 (11).

Any complaint about the District, including instruction, discipline, District personnel policy, procedure or

curriculum, should be referred through proper administrative channels before it is presented to the board

for consideration and action. All complaints should be resolved through proper channels in the following

order:

1. Teacher or Staff

2. Principal or Supervisor

3. Director or Administrator

4. Superintendent

5. Board of Trustees

If these channels have been exhausted, this form should be filled out and handed to the Board Clerk prior

to the beginning of the meeting to indicate you wish to provide public comment.

The Board of Trustees follows a written agenda, a copy of which is available to assist you in participating

in the meeting.

You will have the floor a maximum of five (5) minutes.

The Board of Trustees encourages input from the public. If you want the Board to receive more

information than time permits, please reduce your concerns to written form and send them to the Board

Secretary. Written Comments must include your name, address and telephone number, and relationship

to the District.

All individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines:

1. Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized

by the Board Chair.

2. Identify oneself and be brief. Comments shall be limited to five (5) minutes. In unusual

circumstances, and when an individual has made a request in advance to provide public

comments speak for a longer period of time, the individual may be allowed to speak for more

than five (5) minutes, if additional time is approved by the Chair.

3. The Board Chair may shorten or lengthen an individual’s opportunity to speak. The Chair may

also deny an individual the opportunity if the individual has previously addressed the Board on

the same subject within the past two months.

4. Speakers who are District students, parents/guardians of District students, District employees,

and District residents will be given priority over speakers who are not members of any of these

categories. Attendees who do not belong to any of these groups will only be allowed to speak

after members of these groups have provided comment and only if there is still time available

within the public comment period.

5. The Board Chair shall have the authority to determine procedural matters regarding public

participation not otherwise defined in Board policy.

6. Patrons and community members who are unable to attend meetings in-person, are encouraged

to submit public comment in writing. The Board Clerk will provide written comments to the

Board during the period of public comment.

7. Presentations are to be civil and respectful. Public input shall not disrupt the public meeting.

There shall be no intimidation against the Board, members of the Board, school employees, or

students of the District. Shouting, loud statements, threats, name calling, profanity, or other

improper conduct is strictly forbidden. Individuals engaging in inappropriate conduct will be

asked to leave the meeting. Nothing in this policy shall prohibit the removal of any person who

willfully disrupts a meeting to the extent that orderly conduct is, in the determination of the

Board Chair, seriously compromised. Any person otherwise engaged in illegal conduct at the

meeting may also be removed. Failure to leave may result in law enforcement intervention.

REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD

Name: _______________________________________ (Please Print) Date: _________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________________________

Relationship to District (Please check all that apply):

___ Parent/Guardian of a District student ___ Resident of the District

___ Employee of the District ___ Trustee Zone of Residence ______

___ District Student ___ Other: ______________________

Subject Matter Desiring to Address:

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

Check if any of the below identified subject matters are matters you wish to address in your presentation

to the Board:

____ A complaint or concern about classroom instruction or curriculum.

____ A complaint or concern about District policy or procedure.

____ The hiring of a public school employee.

____ The qualifications of any individual employed/prospective employee.

____ The evaluation or performance of any individual employed by the District.

____ A complaint or concern about any individual employed by the District.

____ A complaint or concern about any student enrolled at the District.

____ Other: _________________________________________________________________________

**Please deliver a completed copy of this form to the Board’s Clerk prior to the commencement of the

Board Meeting.

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/24/2006

Revised on: 02/23/2016

Revised on: 05/23/2017

Revised on: 09/22/2020

Revised on: 02/28/2023