Providing newcomers to your school board team with helpful information about their service is critical to their success, as are opportunities for learning and reflection over time.

Ongoing community engagement — not just at election time — is critical to establishing the trust needed to garner voter support when a bond is on the ballot.

From impatience and poor behavior to speaking about confidential issues and ignoring policy, this collection of missteps is well known to taint successful school board operations.

As you and your communities struggle to come to terms with school shootings and related school violence the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) has put together a comprehensive list of resources.