DALLAS–The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees holds two regularly scheduled meetings each month—a board briefing and a board meeting. The times for each of these have changed for the 2013-2014 school year.
Board briefings will continue to be held on the second Thursday of each month, but the start time moves to 4 p.m. from 11:30 a.m. The briefings are held in the Board Room of the Administration Building at 3700 Ross Ave.
The board meetings will remain on the fourth Thursday of the month, but will now start at 6 p.m. Board meetings are held in the Ada L. Williams Auditorium of the Administration Building.
Speakers have the opportunity to speak on specific agenda items. A resident desiring to address the board must register to speak no later than 5 p.m. on the day before the meeting in Board Services at (972) 925-3720 during regular office hours. The earliest a person may register for an upcoming regular board meeting or an upcoming board briefing is the next regular business day following the posting of that meeting. No registrations shall be accepted after 5 p.m. the day preceding the meeting. Only those who are properly registered may address the board.
Copies of any documents for the board are to be handed to the executive director of Board Services at that time.
Only one person may approach the microphone and only the person at the microphone will be allowed to speak, with the exception of interpreters. There will be no substitution of speakers.
Residents and visitors who have signed up to address the board are allotted three minutes to speak. Those who continue speaking after three minutes will be warned by the executive director (through the sounding of a tone) that their time is up. Upon expiration of the time limit, the resident or visitor is expected to stop speaking and either return to his or her seat or leave the auditorium or district property.
Groups consisting of two or more people shall appoint one person to present their views before the board.
For a complete meeting and briefing schedule, visit the district Web site at http://www.dallasisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001475/Centricity/Domain/447/MeetingDates1314.pdf.
