School board and advisory committee settle differences over policy

The debate between the school board and the School Advisory Committee (SAC) ended how many bureaucratic disputes end: in a compromise.

On Oct. 7, the school board unanimously voted to adopt revisions to Board Policy 1220, which serves as the governing document for the secondary schools’ advisory committee. This policy, which also dictates the committee’s access to the school board, was the epicenter of a lingering dispute between the two parties.

According to committee members, their recommendations to the school board often went unanswered by Schools Superintendent Bill Burr or members of the...