Governance Committee

Board Standing Committee

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Chairman

Rachna Sizemore Heizer

Staff Liaison

Dr. Michelle Reid, Division Superintendent

Christina K. Setlow, Clerk of the School Board

Members

Dr. Ricardy Anderson

Seema Dixit

Melanie Meren

Rachna Sizemore Heizer

Committee Charge

The Governance Committee supports the Board's work as defined in the Strategic Governance Manual, and as follows:

  1. defines governing values and process recommendations for Board action;
  2. supports Board work and self-assessments;
  3. monitors a current one-year calendar of Board work to include Board governing principles and commitments, and Board development topics; and
  4. reviews and recommends to the Board proposed modifications to the manual.

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