Can the Superintendent meet with each Board member in succession, or is this a violation of the open meetings act?

Answer: If the Superintendent and Board Members are simply meeting to meet and talk through things and get to know one another, it should be fine. The concern about ’serial meetings’ and the open meetings act is geared for communication between elected officials.

That said, the Superintendent should take care not to try to ask for support from one board member to another, and build on this by saying “Board member Jones said they would support this, will you?”. This would be edging on the side of the board deciding business outside of a dually convened board meeting.

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