Candidates provide views on what they believe the role of a board member should be
ELLY GRIMM
• Leader & Times
The community got to hear from the candidates running for the USD 480 school board last Tuesday evening, and multiple questions centered around the role of the board and its level of activity throughout the district.
The first of the questions on the topic asked the candidates on what they thought their role as a school board member should be.
“There are a number of roles, but the biggest role we have is to care about the students and the instructional coaches and teachers and administration,” candidate Alan Brown said. “Our two big jobs are to hire the superintendent and then to set policy and make sure that policy is followed. All the other things are what we can go enjoy in terms of being around the students and hearing about what’s going on, but our two big jobs are to set policy and see it’s followed through.”


