I. Mission,
Legal Structure, and System of Governance
Formerly #8113
B. Code of Ethical School Standards & Basic
Management Principles
1. Ethical
Standards & Principals
The
(A) The school committee in Narragansett accepts the obligation
to operate the public schools in accordance with the fundamental principles and
standards of school management, which principles include but are not limited to
the following:
1. Formulate
written policy for administration of schools to be reviewed regularly and
revised as necessary.
2. Exercise
legislative, policy-making, planning and appraising functions and delegate
administrative functions in the operation of schools.
3.
Recognize their critical responsibility for
selecting the superintendent, defining his or her responsibilities, and
evaluating his or her performance regularly without directly engaging in
administrative processes.
4. Accept
and encourage a variety of opinions from and communication with all parts of
the community.
5. Make
public relevant institutional information in order to promote communication and
understanding between the school system and the community,
6. Act on
legislative and policy-making matters only after examining pertinent facts and considering
the superintendent's recommendations. .
7. Conduct
meetings with planned and published agendas.
8. Encourage
and promote professional growth of school staff so that quality of instruction
and support services may continually be improved.
9. Establish
and maintain procedural steps for resolving complaints and criticisms of school
affairs.
10. Act
only through public meetings since individual board members have no authority
to bind the board.
11. Recognize
that the first and greatest concern must be the educational welfare of the
students attending the public schools.
12. Work
with other committee members to establish effective board policies and to
delegate authority for the administration of the schools to the superintendent.
13. Avoid
being placed in a position of conflict of interest, and refrain from using the
committee position for personal gain.
14. Attend
all regularly scheduled committee meetings insofar as possible, and become
informed concerning the issues to be considered at those meetings.
(B) Nothing in this policy shall be deemed to limit or otherwise
interfere with the rights of teachers and other school employees to
collectively bargain pursuant to chapters 9.3 and 9.4 of title 28 or to allow
the Narragansett School Committee or Superintendent to abrogate any agreement
reached by collective bargaining.
Reference: Chapter 16-2-9.2 of the General Laws of Rhode Island
Accepted: February 13, 2003