After a week of community forums to discuss preliminary plans for what to do with old, rundown school facilities and ahead of Monday’s joint meeting with the Hamilton County Commission, the Hamilton County Board of Education met for its annual retreat this weekend to discuss its priorities and key issues for the coming year.
Here are some things that came up – and that you should watch for in 2020.
1. No more “finger pointing”
Ahead of Monday’s joint meeting between the school board and county commission, school board Chairman Joe Wingate, of District 7, laid out his goals for the meeting to his colleagues Saturday morning.
“The goal for Monday night really is to say ‘What do you folks value and what do we value?’ and let’s find some common ground,” Wingate said. “We aren’t going to spend time Monday night talking about our differences.”