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Responsibilities of School Director

 Planning and Goal Setting

• Establish vision for education in the community and develop the goals by which the vision becomes reality.
• Establish two-way communication system

Policy Making

• One of the board’s major functions and the foundation upon which the district’s “structure” is built.
• Develops and adopts district policy governing all facets of the school operations.
• Delegates implementation of policies to the superintendent and evaluates this execution. Responsibilities

Evaluation

• Board makes the best possible decisions about their schools and the scope and nature of all school programs and is held accountable to the public for the goals that are set for education in the community.

Designating the Chief Executive

• Responsible for recruiting, hiring and evaluating the performance of the superintendent of schools.

 Instruction

• The board must set general goals and adopt policies upon which instructional programs will be based, in accordance with state laws and regulations.

Students

• Establish policies that affect school admissions, placement, promotion, attendance, expulsion, suspension, graduation, conduct, discipline safety, health services, food services and transportation services.

Financial

• Approval and adoption of an annual budget.
• Authorizing expenditures, approve budget extensions.
• Authorizing and setting levy amounts.
• Authorize the administration to invest and borrow funds, adopt an insurance program, adopt policies for the purchase, disposal and distribution of supplies, property and equipment.

Staffing and Appraisal

• Within the framework of state law and often of collective bargaining, for establish policy governing salaries and salary schedules, terms and conditions of employment, fringe benefits, leave and in-service training.

School Facilities

• The board is responsible for determining school housing needs; communicating those needs to the community; placing capital measures before the voters; purchasing, disposing of or leasing school sites; and for approving building plans that will support and enhance the educational programs.

Advocacy

• Maintain ongoing personal communication with school staff, parents, students opinion leaders, legislators and other members of the community

General

• Establish procedures for the operation of the board.
• Electing board officers.
• Retaining an attorney or law firm for the school district.
• Setting strategy and coordinating litigation decisions when the school district is involved in a lawsuit.
• Establishing and maintaining effective board-superintendent relations.
• Periodically reviewing and evaluating board operations and performance.

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 The Grapeview School District #54 complies with all federal rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap. This holds true for all district employment and opportunities. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to the school district’s Title IX officer: Dale Almlie, Superintendent, 822 E. Mason-Benson Rd., Grapeview, WA 98546 360-275/426-4921 dalmlie@gsd54.org.