Student Corner
Welcome to
the Board of Education Student Corner
·
What is the Board of Education
o We are five
community members who are elected to help the school district (our school
district is FPBS & JLCS)
o We are not
paid; we are volunteers
o Grown ups
from Bellerose Terrace, Bellerose Village & Floral Park vote for the Board
of Education
o We serve for
three years at a time
o To run for
the Board of Ed, someone must at least 18 years old, a citizen of the United
States and live in our school community for at least thirty days
·
What does the Board of Education do?
o We help take
care of you, your teachers & all the staff in your school, and our
community
o Two of our
biggest jobs are
§ Setting
policy (the rules we are expected to follow at school)
§ Setting
curriculum (what you learn at school)
o We meet and
vote in public so you or anyone can watch and listen
o We act
through resolution, that means we talk and then we vote—majority wins (3 or
more)
o We answer
questions from our community about our school district
§ After our meetings
we save time to hear from our community members
o Like you, we
have homework
§ Every new
board member takes a class to learn what the Board of Education is all about
and how the local board of education works with local government and the state
of New York
§ Board members
who have been serving a while are consistently offered classes, called
workshops or conferences, to go to and learn more about the world of education
and how to keep helping kids
o We love to
visit the schools—seeing all of you students is what makes volunteering our
time worthwhile.
Click here for the JLCS Coloring Page
Click here for the FPBS Coloring Page
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