Board approves adding public participation session to end of meetings

At the outset of the April 10 Board of Education work session, Trustee Wise moved to add a public participation session to the end of board meetings; Trustee Curzio seconded. After a request for roll call, the board recorded all members voting in favor and the motion passed.

The procedural change was described by proponents as restoring an opportunity for community input near the end of deliberations. The board clerk conducted the roll call and the chair announced the motion’s passage. Trustees discussed logistics for the added public comment time later in the meeting, and the president read the district’s public‑comment policy and time limits before the evening’s public speakers took the podium.

The board directed the clerk and administration to include the public‑comment slot in subsequent agendas and to remind speakers of the five‑minute time limit and decorum rules.