Due to a forecast of inclement weather, the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education has switched to a fully remote format for its regular meeting on Feb. 24, 2022.
Those who wish to sign up to speak virtually or submit written comments for the public comment portion of the meeting must do so via an online form. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.
“A social media post is scheduled for this morning regarding the switch to virtual only due to the expected inclement weather for this evening,” said district spokeswoman Anide Eustache. “Since the pandemic we don’t usually send a community-wide email regarding a BOE meeting change (unless there is a cancellation), we post to social media and to the website.”
Asked by Village Green why the district did not send out an email to the community informing them of the change from in-person to virtual, Eustache said, “If there is other pertinent communication that was scheduled to go out, I have to hold and reschedule other communications. We’ve had more people joining us virtually than in-person since we started offering the BOE meetings via WebEx and YouTube and families also receive a lot of communication from their respective schools as well as the District so we take all of that into account when deciding when information will be disseminated.”
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