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Students Are The Primary Focus of West Jefferson Hills School District |
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Students Are The Primary Focus of West Jefferson Hills School District |
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A Message from the West Jefferson Hills Board of School Directors |
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WJHSD School Board Directors
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As elected officials of the
West Jefferson Hills School District, we would like to thank you
for entrusting us to advocate for you and your children. We
understand the impact of our decisions and how they directly
affect you, the community at large, and the academic future of
our students. With this in mind, we have, as a board of ten,
publicly pledged to abide by the Pennsylvania School Boards
Association’s Standards for Effective Board Governance and Code
of Conduct for School Directors by adopting these Standards as
Board policy and recommitting to follow them annually. According to the Iowa Study’s findings, we have learned that what happens in the boardroom has a direct effect on what occurs in the classroom. The data proves that good schools cannot be maintained without good school boards. The correlation between an effective school board and increased student achievement has been demonstrated, regardless of the financial resources of the district’s community. In short, our students’ success in this game of public education depends, in large part, on our ability to work as a team. For this reason, we are striving for excellence at the board level because we know that our performance directly impacts the lives of our students. In order to remind ourselves of the need for ongoing collaborative team effort in our decision-making, we have taken the additional measure of incorporating detailed Commitments for Cooperation for acceptable behavior in our role as School Directors. We have pledged to perform our elected duties with our vision of a shared partnership with the other essential members of our team: our district administration, faculty, staff, and you, our community members. We discourage micromanaging and personal agendas. We have encouraged open and honest communication among ourselves, our staff, our administration, and our community. We have also outlined a Chain of Command for addressing your concerns, which offers direction for parents and students when a situation, issue, or unresolved question arises. This Chain of Command also offers conformity and continuity in dealing with a question or concern so as to encourage fair and equal treatment and to eliminate the opportunity for preference. The following details the recommended Chain of Command Process: We hope this information proves useful to you and your family, and we would like to thank you for your sustained commitment as essential members of the West Jefferson Hills School District team. We, serving on the Board of School Directors, remain steadfast in our focus on our students as they continue in their pursuit of academic achievements and educational excellence. We pledge that the goal of student achievement will continue to be the focus of every decision we make. Thank you for your continued support of these efforts, for together, we can accomplish “whatever it takes” to make a difference in our children’s lives. Sincerely, Hamsini Rajgopal, Acting Superintendent Anthony Angotti, Board President Shauna D’Alessandro, Board Vice President Deborah Pozycki, Board Vice President Carolyn Bourgeois Alan Caponi Dr. David Graham Anna Louise Lilley Marianne Neel Darlene Schreiber |
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