How do I find out more about what's happening in our school? - Curious
Answer: The typical way to learn more about your school is to attend PTA meetings and Back-to-School nights.However, if you really want to know what is going on in your school corporation, you also should consider attending school-board meetings. Most of these meetings are open to the public, and their agendas are published before each meeting.
At these meetings, people may find out about budget cuts that could eliminate special programs or extracurricular activities. They can also find out about school policies and board views on special issues. People also have the right to present their views to school boards. However, it is often necessary to give notice to the board before the meetings in order to speak. Board meetings tend to be quite formal and to deal with rather routine matters. To find out what is really happening in a particular area, people need to attend committee meetings of the board. People are not always encouraged to attend committee meetings, but they usually have the legal right to do so.