Board Member Responsibilities

• Assist the superintendent with counsel and advice, giving them the benefit of its judgment, business experience and familiarity with the local school system and community.
• Consult with the superintendent on all matters concerning the school system which the board is considering, or about which it proposes to take action.
• Delegate to the superintendent responsibility for all executive functions; refrain from handling directly any administrative details; and give the superintendent authority  commensurate with its responsibilities.
• Make all employees of the school system directly responsible to the superintendent; refrain from any direct dealings with any of them; and require and receive all reports from them through the superintendent.
• Refer all applications, complaints and other communications, oral or written, to the superintendent, except when such may come to the board in meeting, on appeal from decisions of the superintendent.
• Provide adequate safeguards for the superintendent and other personnel so that they may perform their proper functions on a professional basis (this involves particularly supporting the superintendent in their efforts to protect the personnel and the schools from individuals and organizations seeking to exploit the schools for selfish reasons). 
• Support the superintendent loyally and actively in all decisions and actions conformable to proper professional standards and the announced policy of the board, and accept full responsibility for administrative acts authorized by or resulting from the policies of the board.
• Hold the superintendent strictly responsible for the administration of the schools, require them to keep the board fully informed at all times through both written and oral reports, review and appraise the results of their work and inform them when any methods or procedures do not meet with the approval of the board.