Who's on your BOE?

Knowing your child's IEP team isn't enough. To be the best advocate for your child, you need to know who makes the decisions, how, and when. Your local Board of Education (BOE) consists of lay representatives who live in your community and are selected by you (in some areas there are appointed school boards, which are selected by either the mayor or county freeholders, who are selected by you). Your BOE members are your neighbors, parents & grandparents of local children, local business owners, and other ordinary citizens. Your BOE members are non-partisan and receive no pay or benefits for their public service. They work for you, so you should know who they are and what they do. Stacey Tié and Julie Best are two parents running for their local BOE in Darien, CT. Today they join me to discuss the role of BOEs, how they and their children have benefitted from their involvement, and why they have decided to actually run for seats on their BOE. Tune in to hear how you can use your BOE to your advantage. You can find Stacey & Julie at https://julieandstaceyforboe.com/ You can find me at [email protected] FLASHBACK: We touch on the important issue of students who still require remote learning for the 2021-2022 school year and you can hear last week's episode on this issue here https://ntkwdj.libsyn.com/why-we-need-learning-options TRANSCRIPTS for this episode can be found at SpecialEd.fm shortly after publication.