SPECIAL MEETINGS SCHEDULED

Russell County USD 407 Board of Education has scheduled two special meetings for facility planning discussions. Public comments will be accepted during the “Public Forum” item on the agenda. You are invited to attend the meetings to get first-hand information and hear about the challenges facing the Board of Education.

Monday – January 16, 2012		Monday – January 30, 2012
7:00 p.m.		7:00 p.m.
Ruppenthal Middle School Auditorium		Ruppenthal Middle School Auditorium

Guidelines that will be used during Public Forum include:

1.	The purpose of Public Forum is for the Board of Education to listen – not to interact. Speakers are to state their personal views or their group’s views and are not to direct questions to a Board of Education member or to an administrator.
2.	Anyone wishing to speak in the Public Forum section of the meeting will be required to sign up before the meeting. A sign-up sheet will be available prior to the start of the meeting.
3.	No one will speak until the Board President recognizes him or her.
4.	Speakers will state their name and the community they are from.
5.	Each speaker will be limited to no more than five minutes.
6.	In order to avoid repeating the same items over and over, you might want to have a spokesman or two designated to represent the views of the community.
7.	If the audience does not adhere to the guidelines as stated above, the Public Forum will be ended immediately.