The Governing Board of YHALE welcomes public comment. All public comments must address a matter related to YHALE. However, the Board is restricted in its ability to comment publicly on ongoing matters related to specific personnel or students. Individuals wishing to comment on matters related to a staff member, student, or student discipline, should be addressed using the school’s grievance policy or alternate avenues of communication. All attempts to resolve an issue through all appropriate school administrator should be taken before bringing the matter to the Board.
Commenters must sign up in advance of the Governing Board meeting in which they plan to speak. Those who have signed-up to will be recognized by the Board Chair and may speak for up to three (3) minutes. Those wishing to make public comments may not yield their time to another speaker who has not signed up in advance and has not completed the speaker’s form.
At the end of each public comment, if appropriate, the board chair or school leader may direct the speaker for follow up.
Public commenters are expected to exhibit appropriate meeting decorum and shall be courteous towards Board members and other meeting attendees. The Board Chair or presiding officer reserves the right to interrupt or terminate a speaker’s statements if the individual has exceeded the allotted time or if the nature of the comments is slanderous, abusive, obscene, repetitive, irrelevant, or not appropriate for the meeting. Individuals who are overly disruptive at any point during the meeting will be ejected from and may not return to that meeting.
Those wishing to make a public comment may sign up here.
Individuals who have questions of the board may email board members directly at any time. Please give board members at least 48 hours to respond. If you do not receive an response, please re-send your email and courtesy copy to the principal at [email protected], and you may also leave a telephone message with the school receptionist at 404-623-0003. Certain board members may better able to answer your question if your question falls into a certain category. Please see below:
Curriculum: Liza Park at [email protected]
Finance/Budget: Lya Clay Avila at [email protected]
Facilities: Emile Hanam at [email protected]