Pickford Public Schools

Board of Education

Regular Meetings

The Board of Education holds regular meetings on the third Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. These meetings take place in the Pickford Schools Public Library, 333 S Pleasant St, Pickford, Michigan and are open to the public. Meeting agendas are available in advance on the district website and through the Boardbook platform.

 Special Meetings

Occasionally, the Board schedules special meetings as needed. Notices for these meetings are posted at least 18 hours in advance on the front window of the Administration Building and on the district website.

 Accessibility

To ensure inclusivity, the district will make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities upon request to the Superintendent.

 Public Participation

The Board of Education recognizes the value of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on District matters. Any person or group wishing to place an item on the agenda shall register their intent with the Superintendent no later than four (4) days prior to the meeting and include:

A. name and address of the participant;

B. group affiliation, if and when appropriate;

C. topic to be addressed.

Such requests shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent and the Board President.

To permit fair and orderly public expression, the Board shall provide a period for public participation at every regular meeting of the Board and publish rules to govern such participation in Board meetings. The presiding officer of each Board meeting at which public participation is permitted shall administer the rules of the Board for its conduct.

The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules:

• Public participation shall be permitted as indicated on the order of business.

• Anyone having a legitimate interest in the actions of the Board may participate during the public portion of a meeting.

• Participants must be recognized by the presiding officer.

• Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to five (5) minutes duration.

• No participant may speak more than once on the same topic unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard.

• Participants shall direct all comments to the Board and not to staff or other participants.

The presiding officer may:

• Interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant's statement when the statement is too lengthy, personally directed, abusive, obscene, or irrelevant;

• Request any individual to leave the meeting when that person does not observe reasonable decorum;

• Request the assistance of law enforcement officers in the removal of a disorderly person when that person's conduct interferes with the orderly progress of the meeting;

• Call for a recess or an adjournment to another time when the lack of public decorum so interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting as to warrant such action;

• Waive these rules.

The portion of the meeting during which the participation of the public is invited shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes; however, this may be extended at the discretion of the presiding officer. (Bylaw 0167.3)

Board Minutes

Are located at the Office of the Board of Education, 333 S. Pleasant St. Pickford, Michigan 49774, c/o Secretary, Board of Education and also online by clicking on the Board of Education drop down at the top left side of this page.

Special Requests: If you have a disability requiring a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service, please call the Office of the Superintendent at 647-6285 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. If this public notice is for a special meeting, the 7-day request will be shortened.

Upon the written request of an individual, organization, firm, or corporation, and upon the requesting party's payment of a yearly fee of not more than the estimated reasonable cost for printing and postage of each notice as shall be determined annually by the Board, the District shall send to the requesting party by first class mail a copy of any notice required to be posted by these bylaws. The news media shall be entitled to receive, at their request, copies of such notices free of charge.