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November/December 2006

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IASB Publications
2921 Baker Drive
Springfield 62703
217/528-9688, extension 1131

• The 3 R's of board work
  Roles, respect, responsibility
  
  by Linda Dawson
  Five pairs of board presidents and superintendents weigh in on what it looks like when a school board takes responsibility for itself.
  Sidebar: What it means to be a 'perfect board'

• Staff finds Principles still relevant for boards
  by Linda Dawson
  After nine years of working with the Foundational Principles of Effective Governance, IASB staff revisited its work and even new staff found the Principles to still be relevant.

• Dealing with problems of personal agendas
  By Nicholas Caruso
  A school board can become dysfunctional if one member begins pushing a personal agenda instead of being a team player.

• Everyone watches local school boards
  by W.A. "Tony" Brunson
  A school board president shares some of the "life changes" to be expected once someone wears the board member "hat."

• Touting NCLB initiatives benefits parents, districts
  by Louis Piconi
  Parents need to know more about NCLB options, and they need to hear about them from their local district.

• Who has authority to fill board vacancy?
  by Diane E. Elliott
  How and when a board vacancy is filled, as well as by whom, can be a more difficult question to answer than what you might think.

• So just what is collective bargaining?
  by J. Gregory Reynolds and William H. Phillips
  Focusing on what is important for the district will help school board members understand just what it means when the district is involved in collective bargaining.

• What is healthy boardroom debate?
  By Marti Stayton
  Airing divergent opinions on the board is important, but when the battle overshadows the problem, it's not good for a district.

• If not school boards, then what?
  By Kenneth A. DeLay
  Critics might argue that the need for a publicly elected school board has passed, but it is, after all, still public education.

• Which is best for you: outsource or in-house?
  by Doug Brown and Scott Wilson
  Districts thinking about outsourcing just to save money may want to rethink their options.

• Practical PR: Open communications: Not as easy as it sounds

• Ask the staff: Axioms highlight effective behavior