Morris School District
MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Morristown, New Jersey 07960

Policy
File Code: 1200
Monitored: X
Mandated:
Other Reasons
PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC

The Board of Education encourages Board-approved volunteers who are especially qualified because of training, experience, or personal characteristics to take an active part in school affairs. Such persons may be invited to participate in focus groups, to act as advisers, etc. individually or in groups in order to:
  1. Clarify the general ideas and attitudes held by our residents regarding the schools;
  2. Give active assistance to the professional staff in the actual operation of classes and services where the Superintendent and staff deem such aid valuable;
  3. Offer suggestions on a specific problem or set of closely related problems about which the Board must make a decision.
Volunteers carrying out prescribed functions:
  1. May only act under the supervision or direction of designated professional staff member(s);
  2. Shall be covered by the Board’s liability insurance policy.
The Superintendent shall supervise the development of programs and procedures to enlist community participation in school events and deliberations. He/she shall keep on file information on all volunteers and documentation that the requirements of law have been fulfilled. He/she shall use portions of this document of interest and local support when he/she reports (annually) to the community and to the State Department of Education on all aspects of the educational program. Additionally, the Superintendent shall discuss/inform the Board of Education at open sessions of any special or unique services or activities of volunteer individuals/groups.

The Superintendent and the staff shall give serious consideration to the advice which they receive from individuals and community groups interested in the school, especially those individuals and groups that have been invited or created to advise them regarding selected problems. However, the Board, the Superintendent and staff shall use their own best judgment in arriving at decisions.

Date: April 14, 1986
February 12, 2001, First Reading
August 27, 2001 Approved

Legal References:
N.J.S.A. 18A:16-2a Teachers, others, and physical exams including tuberculosis
N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1 General mandatory powers and duties
N.J.S.A. 18A:54-20 Powers of board (county vocational schools)
N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.1 Reporting requirements
N.J.A.C. 6:29-2.3 Testing for tuberculosis infection
N.J.A.C. 6A:24-2.1 et seq. School management teams

Manual for the Evaluation of Local School Districts (August 2000)

Possible Cross References:
1000/1010 Concepts and roles in community relations; goals and
1120 Board of education meetings
1210 Community organizations
1220 Ad hoc advisory committees
1330 Use of school facilities
5020 Role of parents/guardians
6162.4 Community resources

Key Words
Community Volunteers, Volunteers, Public Participation
 

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