Audio Excerpts from Governing Board Meetings
All audio in MP3 format.

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April 13, 2005 Governing Board meeting when Dr. Pletnick informs the Governing Board about the Uniform Advisory Committee and that they felt uniforms were a good idea.

• Part 1 of 1 (0.5 MB)

April 25, 2007 Governing Board meeting when Dr. Pletnick was named finalist and Bill Lipscomb resigned from the Governing Board citing a questionable hiring process.

• Part 1 of 1 (3.5 MB)

May 9, 2007 Governing Board meeting when Dr. Pletnick was hired by the 3 remaining members of the Governing Board. Both Bill Lipscomb and Ray Richardson had resigned at this point.

• Part 1 of 2 (4.2 MB) - Three people speaking to the Board.
• Part 2 of 2 (7.5 MB) - Board comments and final vote to hire Dr. Pletnick.

August 11 Governing Board workshop where the uniform issue was first discussed.

• Part 1 of 2 (3.5 MB)
• Part 2 of 2 (4.0 MB)

August 22, 2007 Governing Board meeting. The first meeting after uniforms were eliminated and many parents showed up at the meeting..

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September 12, 2007 Governing Board meeting where the Board voted 3 against and 2 for the creation of a parent uniform committee. This is also the meeting in which some members of the Board state that "it's not about the will of the people" and "uniforms dehumanize children"

• Part 1 of 4 (7.5 MB) - Bill Lipscomb discussing the parent committee.
• Part 2 of 4 (6.7 MB) - Board Member discussion.
• Part 3 of 4 (8.0 MB) - Board Member discussion.
• Part 4 of 4 (10.5 MB) - Final thoughts and vote.
• Meeting Sound Bites - For a sampling of the comments made at this meeting, listen to a few sound bites taken directly from the audio above.