Addressing the Board During Budget Hearing
A public comment submission period will open prior to the start of Thursday’s Shelby County Board of Education Budget Hearing. This meeting allows the School Board to hear input from the public as the District works to finalize next year’s spending priorities. Any citizen interested in providing public comment must submit their comment through email at [email protected], between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2020.* Only comments submitted in this time period will be read during the hearing, all other input submitted via email and calls from April 29 through May 6, has been collected by the SCS Department of Finance and will be summarized to the Board during the meeting.
Please include your name, home address, organization represented, if any, and subject of your comment in the email. Comments will not be read unless these items are included.
*Comments will be read in the order in which they are received, and in accordance with Board Policy 0000 School Board Meetings: IV Public Comment. Public comments will share the 30-minute time slot, in equal increments of time, not to exceed three (3) minutes each. In the event that a public comment is not read in its entirety within the individual allotted time, a full copy will be accessible to the Board.
The general public can tune into the live broadcast of the Budget Hearing at 5:30 p.m. via the following District channels:
- 88.5FM
- SCS School Board Website: www.scsk12.org/board
- C19TV (via Comcast Cable)
- www.VoiceofSCS.com
- Facebook: Shelby County Schools & Voice of SCS
- Twitter: @scsk12unified & @voiceofscs