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Govern with a focus on the future,on results, and on continuous improvement;
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Create a safe environment for the productive exchange of ideas;
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Encourage collective decision making and diversity in viewpoints;
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Respect the distinction between Board and Superintendent/staff roles;
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Pursue rigorous and continual improvement in its ability to define community values and its vision of the future;
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Acknowledge that the Superintendent is accountable only to the full Board of Education;
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Speak with one voice. No Board member, or subset of the Board of Education, has the authority to act or speak on behalf of the Board without the consent of the Board.
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Directing with one voice. No Board member,or subset Board of Education, has the authority to direct the superintendent.
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Code of Conduct for Board Members #3
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I will recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can be made only by a majority vote at a board meeting.
