The Berkeley School Board meets approximately twice a month, on Wednesday evenings. All Board meetings are open to the public and we encourage the community to attend. During the school facilities closure, the Board meets in “closed session” at 5:30pm before its regular open session begins at 7:00pm. Closed session is for the Board to discuss confidential matters, such as student or employee discipline, or meetings with the District’s legal counsel. State law strictly regulates what matters can be addressed in closed session. Almost all of the Board’s business is conducted in open session.
Location:
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All Regular meetings of the School Board are held in the Board Room at 1231 Addison St., unless otherwise noted on the meeting agenda.
Ample parking is available in the large lot on Browning St. just beyond where Addison and Browning Streets intersect.
Public Comment:
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The Board hears public comment at each meeting. There are three opportunities for public comment at each meeting. If you wish to comment on a matter that the Board is hearing in closed session, you may speak before the Board begins closed session, which is usually at 6:00pm. Please arrive at the Board meeting room by 5:45pm to indicate that you would like to speak prior to closed session. The Board then hears public comment soon after beginning the open session of the meeting at 7:00pm. The Board allocates thirty minutes for public comment during its open session. If you would like to speak, you must fill out a speakers’ card and give it to the Board’s recorder by 7:00pm. Not everyone who submits a card gets to speak; it depends on how many people wish to speak in the thirty minutes allotted. Finally, there is another 15-minute public comment period at the end of the Board meeting, which is usually at approximately 10:45pm. Again, please confirm these times on the actual agenda of the meeting, which will be posted below, as occasionally the timing of the meetings change.
Viewing Board Meetings:
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Previous Berkeley School Board meetings (including Zoom meetings) are archived on YouTube. The previous meetings are available on the district’s YouTube Channel.
Agendas and accompanying information: By state law, the Board’s agendas must be posted 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Often the agendas are posted online by Friday evening before a Wednesday Board meeting. The agendas and accompanying information (sometimes called the “packet”) are posted on AgendaOnline.net. At this link agenda items are searchable by keywords. See below for links to specific agendas, as well as the calendar of meetings for the year.
Board Resolutions: Occasionally, the School Board passes a resolution to affirm a shared position or recognize a significant honor or statement. The most recent board resolutions are all posted here.
Current Year – 2020-2021
Special Meetings are marked with an asterisk (*).
Emergency Meetings are marked with two asterisks (**).
Upcoming Meetings:
- November 4, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- December 2, 2020 (special meeting)
- December 9, 2020
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| Meeting Date | Agenda | Packet | Minutes | Additional Documents |
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| October 21, 2020 |  |
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Sufficiency of Textbooks Public Hearing:  |
| October 7, 2020 | |
Online | |
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| September 16, 2020 | |
Online | |
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| September 2, 2020 | |
Online | |
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| August 19, 2020 | |
Online | |
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| July 29, 2020* | |
Online | |
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| July 15, 2020* | |
Online | |
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| July 1, 2020* | |
Online | |
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Records from previous years can be found here.