A Call to Order: How to Manage Contentious School Board Meetings
As school board meetings have become places in which angry citizens appear to debate issues constituting the culture wars of our nation, such as mandatory mask wearing or vaccines, as well as whether school curricula promotes critical race theory, this session will provide audience members with information as to what constitutes the best position school districts may take so as to serve as exemplars for the students who are represented by inculcating civic discourse during the operation of school board meetings, This session will also feature our traditional “skating tour” of recent decisions which have been handed down this past year, as well as new laws and regulations that affect the operation of school districts in New York State.
Key Highlights of this program::
•First Amendment rights of the public at school board meetings
•Best practices to diffuse and de-escalate conflict before it gets out of hand
•New laws, regulations and decisions affecting the operation of school districts
Educators! This program offers 3.0 CTLE credits! Call 1-800-582-2452 to register and ask about our special offer for Educators!
- January 11, 2022
- 9:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
- 3.0
- 3.0
- Virtual Participation
9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Gail Ehrlich, Esq.
Chair, Law, Youth and Citizenship Committee
9:05 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
A Call to Order – How to Manage Contentious School Board Meetings
As school board meetings have become places in which angry citizens appear to debate issues constituting the culture wars of our nation, such as mandatory mask wearing or vaccines, as well as whether school curricula promotes critical race theory, this session will provide audience members with information as to what constitutes the best position school districts may take so as to serve as exemplars for the students who are represented by inculcating civic discourse during the operation of school board meetings.
Speakers:
Jay Worona, Esq.
New York State School Boards Association
Latham, NY
David Albert
New York State School Boards Association
Latham, NY
Dr. Kevin C. McGowan, Superintendent
Brighton Central School District
Rochester, NY
1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
10:35 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Legal Hot Topics
A “skating tour” through this past year’s most significant judicial and administrative decisions as well as new laws and regulations affecting the operation of public school districts. Special emphasis will be on the First Amendment rights of students on the internet in light of the United States Supreme Court’s most recent decision.
Speaker:
Jay Worona, Esq.
New York State School Boards Association
Latham, NY
1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
Law, Youth and Citizenship Committee Chair:
Gail Ehrlich, Esq.
Mount Vernon, NY
Program Chair:
Jay Worona, Esq.
New York State School Boards Association, Latham, NY
- David Albert, Speaker, New York State School Boards Association
- Kevin C. McGowan, Speaker, Brighton Central School District
- Jay Worona, Esq., Speaker, New York State School Boards Association
- Webinar
- 0LQ91
- Committee on Law, Youth and Citizenship
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
