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North Shore School District 112 Committee of the Whole Meetings to be Broadcast on Internet
The monthly Board of Education Committee of the Whole meetings will now be available to view on the district website, www.nssd112.org, along with the regular monthly business meetings.
North Shore School District 112 will begin live streaming of Board of Education Committee of the Whole (COW) meetings commencing with the next scheduled COW meeting on February 7, 2012. Videotapes of the meetings will also be kept on the district website for later viewing. The COW meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of each month. While no action is taken at those meetings, the board hears and discusses important information that informs its decision-making during regularly scheduled Board of Education business meetings, generally held on the third Tuesday of each month. For the last two years, the regular business meetings have been live-streamed on the Internet, and videotaped and posted on the district website.
Board of Education members decided to offer the live-streaming and videotaping of the COW meetings in an effort to make it easier for community members to be informed about its decision-making process, and about issues that may be of interest to them. “North Shore School District 112 Board of Education members are committed to open, transparent and accessible communication,” said School Board President Dr. Bruce Hyman. “Recording our meetings and making them easily accessible to the public is one way to accomplish that goal.”
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The agendas of all Board of Education meetings are posted on the district website, www.nssd112.org, no later than the Friday preceding each meeting. Items typically discussed at COW include first readings of proposed district policies that govern school district operations, reports and updates from district department heads, and reports about state and federal legislation that may impact school district operations or policies.