School Board Recognition Month in New Jersey

January 2007

Sample Resolution: County School Boards Association

( County School Boards Associations might consider adopting a resolution to promote awareness of School Board Recognition Month and the contributions of local school boards to the education process.)

WHEREAS,   New Jersey’s public schools serve 1.4 million children in more than 600 school districts; and

WHEREAS,   The educational goals for these districts are charted by local school boards, which serve as advocates for public education as they work with school administrators, teachers, parents and members of the community; and

WHEREAS,   Boards of education provide accountability to the public, they communicate the needs of the school district to the community, and they convey to the school administration the public’s expectations for the district; and

WHEREAS,   School board members devote countless hours to their communities and public education at no pay; and

WHEREAS,   Many local board members dedicate extraordinary amounts of additional time and effort to receive training and to communicate with state and federal lawmakers on behalf of their communities’ children; and

WHEREAS,   The New Jersey School Boards Association has declared January 2007 to be School Board Recognition Month in New Jersey, a time that residents can acknowledge the contributions made by the state’s 4,800 local board of education members.  Now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED,  That the _______________________ County School Boards Association, an organization with the goal of enhancing the work of local school boards, commends the dedication of the local school board members in ___________________ County; and be it further

RESOLVED,  That the _______________ County School Boards Association encourages qualified citizens to consider serving on their local board of education.