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Requests to speak before the School Board must be submitted either online or by calling 571-423-1075 by 4:30 p.m. on the last business day prior to the meeting date to ensure your place on the speakers list. If a public hearing is scheduled for a Saturday, the speakers list will close on the Thursday prior to the public hearing.
If ten speakers have not signed up by 4:30 p.m. on the last business day prior to a regular business meeting, an individual wishing to speak shall fill out a request form, listing name, address, telephone number, organization represented (if appropriate), and the topic to be addressed. Such request forms are available from the Deputy Clerk of the School Board during the 30-minute period preceding the start of the meeting.
Each speaker on the list shall limit his or her remarks to three minutes. The Board requests that speakers deliver their comments with the decorum and respect appropriate to the conduct of the public's business. The School Board will not hear statements involving cases under litigation, issues that have been scheduled for a public hearing, or complaints regarding individual employees or students. Speakers at a public hearing must limit their remarks to the topic germane to the public hearing. Please bring 20 copies of your remarks to the meeting so that the Board and the staff may have the advantage of further review of your comments. Your written remarks will be posted to the web page [in the Citizen Participation portion of the agenda] following the meeting.
If you wish to submit written testimony instead of speaking, please mail your comments to the School Board Office, 8115 Gatehouse Road, Suite 5400, Falls Church, VA 22042, or e-mail the School Board at SchoolBoardMembers@fcps.edu. Please provide your full name, home address, and home and work telephone numbers as applicable.
Request to speak at a regular School Board business meeting.
Request to speak at the May 14, 2008, public hearing on the FY 2009 Approved Budget.