Public Meeting Announcement - School Board Meetings: 9/10/25
DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PURPOSE: EXCEPTIONS HEARING: TANIA HAJJAR
PLACE: Fulton-Holland Educational Service Center (FHESC) Board Room (No public comment is accepted)
TIME: Immediately following Exceptions Hearing
PURPOSE: EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed)
PLACE: Thurber Conf. Room A
TIME: Immediately following Executive Session
PURPOSE: WORKSHOP: Legislative Priorities Platform Development and a Policy Workshop as
advertised on the District’s Legal Notices Webpage on 8/26/25
Policy Workshop Includes:
· Policy 1.091 Audit Committee
· Policy 1.092 Inspector General
· Policy 2.61 Fraud
PLACE: FHESC Board Room
TIME: Immediately following Workshop
PURPOSE: SPECIAL MEETING including:
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES as advertised on the District’s Legal Notices Webpage on 8/26/25: Policy 1.03 School Board Meetings; Policy 1.036 School Board Member Constituents’ Service; Policy 3.85 Employment of Substitute Teachers, Teachers or Adult Education, and Non-Degreed Teachers of Career Programs; Policy 5.725 Exceptional Student Education Policies and Procedures; Policy 8.01 Promotion, Placement, Graduation – Student Progression Plans
ADOPTION POLICIES as advertised on the District’s Legal Notices Webpage on 8/12/25: Policy 5.002 Protecting Students from Bullying and Harassment; Policy 5.1812 Student Code of Conduct for Elementary Students (Grades K-5); Policy 5.1813 Student Code of Conduct for Secondary Students (Grades 6-12); Policy 5.1814 Zero Tolerance Policy; Policy 5.1817 Severe Incident Policy; Policy 5.183 Wireless Communication Devices
PLACE: FHESC Board Room
TIME: 5:05 p.m.
PURPOSE: FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION
PLACE: FHESC Board Room
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON OTHER ITEMS CAN BE MADE IN ONE OF TWO WAYS
1. IN PERSON:
The public can attend the meeting in a room or rooms at the Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center or at a designated area. Speakers must be signed up in advance of the meeting by calling the Board Office at: 561-434-8136, 561-434-8139, 561-434-7481, OR 561-434-8038. THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK IS NOON THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
2. IN WRITING:
Written public comment can be submitted by emailing boardoffice@palmbeachschools.org. Written comments are limited to 400 words (approximately equal to 3 minutes reading time). To assure written comments are read by School Board Members prior to the meeting, they must be received by noon THE DAY BEFORE the meeting. Any person interested in additional information may contact Toni Sinclair, Board Clerk at 561-434-8136 or email TONILYNN.SINCLAIR@PALMBEACHSCHOOLS.ORG..
THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO ATTEND VIRTUALLY BY WATCHING AND/OR LISTENING LIVE via COMCAST Ch. 234, 235; uVerse Ch. 99; or by using the YouTube link on our webpage at PalmBeachSchools.org. In the event that the link is interrupted for technical reasons, please switch over to the TV channels. All Board meetings are recorded in their entirety and posted on the District website within 24 hours
* Meetings will follow consecutively. Thus, start times are an approximation and may commence earlier or later than is posted/advertised. Moreover, the order of agenda items within a special meeting/workshop may vary. An agenda for these meetings may be obtained by calling Public Information at 561-434-8228. Pursuant to the provisions of the American with Disabilities Act, any persons requiring special accommodations to participate in these meetings is asked to advise the School District at least 48 hours before the meeting by contacting Toni Sinclair at 561-434-8136 or for the Hearing Impaired please call 711, Florida Relay https://www.ftri.org/relay or email tonilynn.sinclair@palmbeachschools.org. If any affected person decides to appeal a decision made by the School Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, such person will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. (Such person shall have the responsibility, at his or her own cost, to arrange for the transcript).