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School
board agrees to change some public access policies
Meeting
minutes and DVDs to be available within a week of
meetings
May 8, 2007 |
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GOFFSTOWN
- The school board last night agreed to begin
posting minutes and providing meeting DVDs to the town
library on a greatly accelerated schedule.
The previous board policy required written requests by
residents for obtaining DVD copies of meetings,
resulting in a average five-week waiting period for
residents to receive those DVDs. The board also
previously posted minutes only four to six weeks after
the meetings took place.
The board's actions came at the request of resident Guy
Caron, who discovered the difficulty in obtaining the
DVDs and minutes. Caron stated his request was
prompted by the lack of live school board meeting
broadcasts, the inability to attend board meetings in
person without missing selectmen meetings (the school
board schedules its meetings on the same night as
selectmen), and the lack of a consistent re-broadcasts
of school board meetings on the town's community access
channel, GTV.
Today, school board chairman Keith Allard relayed to
Caron in an email that the school board does not control
whether GTV airs school board meetings live, but
indicated the board's intent to discuss the situation
with GTV. He also stated the board's intention to discuss the possibility of changing
their meeting day by the end of June.
RELATED INFORMATION
• Editorial: School
board
takes first step, but more is needed
• Letter to the Editor: School
board responds to GRA editorial
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