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| Goffstown
school board opens doors to public |
By
STEPHEN BEALE
Union Leader
Correspondent
GOFFSTOWN - The school board last night swiftly
responded to the request of a resident, taking sever
steps to make its meetings more accessible to the
public.
In a prior interview, Guy Caron, a member of the
watchdog Goffstown Residents Association, said it is
difficult obtaining timely information on what the board
is doing, something every citizen should do, he said,
since the district controls an approximate budget of $33
million.
The board does not post its meeting minutes until four
to six weeks after the actual meeting, Caron said in an
email letter, unlike other boards and committees in
Goffstown which have their draft minutes online within
several days of a meeting.
Board meetings are not broadcast live like those of the
selectmen and Caron said he could not get a DVD of the
meetings at the town library. He found that the
only way to get the recording was to ask for it in
writing to the school district office, which makes a
decision on the request, and then forwards it to the
town cable studio.
The school board last night indicated that it got the
message. The board decided a DVD of its meeting
will be available at the library and the district office
a week after the date of a meeting.
The board also said a draft of its minutes will be
posted online about three days afterwards.
But meetings will not be televised anytime soon,
officials said, because the equipment is handled by the
Goffstown community television. The high school is
likely not set up for live feed. they said, meaning that
doing so would require additional funding in the GTV
budget.
The money is not in their current budget, according to
superintendent Darrell Lockwood, but the school board
chairman Keith Allard said he would send a letter to GTV
asking is televising meetings would be possible at some
later date.
RELATED INFORMATION
Editorial:
School
board
takes first step, but more is needed
Letter to the Editor: School
board responds to GRA editorial
Editorial:
School
district cleverly flies under the radar
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