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All January features and departments will be available in the ASBJ archives January 20.
Bringing Outside Groups to the Board Table: Creative stakeholder relations management should be a high-priority concern of every school board, and especially of your board’s external or community relations committee. External stakeholder relations often are neglected. This has a potentially steep cost in terms of inadequate community understanding and support for the district.
January 2009 Up Front: News, views, and trends you should watch.
School Board Ethics: Even with ethics training, it's sometimes difficult to determine exactly when, where, and how board members step across the line
Legal Problems with Corporal Punishment: Taking corporal punishment too far can leave a school district up the legal creek without a paddle. And legal arguments aside, do sanctioned spankings have a place in public schools?
January 2009 Marketplace: Athletics, recreation, and nutrition