Code: CCB
Adopted: 5/22/06
Line and Staff Relations
The Board expects the superintendent to establish a clear understanding of working relationships in the school system with all staff. Lines of direct authority will be those approved by the Board.
Staff will be expected to refer matters requiring administrative action to the administrator to whom they are responsible. That administrator will refer such matters to the next higher administrative authority, when necessary. Additionally, all staff are expected to keep the person to whom they are immediately responsible informed of their activities by whatever means the person in charge deems appropriate.
Lines of authority should not restrict the cooperative working relationship of all staff members in developing the best possible district programs and services. The established lines of authority represent direction of authority and responsibility. When the staff are working together, the lines represent avenues for a two-way flow of ideas to improve the program and operations of the school system.
END OF POLICY
Legal Reference(s):
ORS 332.505
OAR 581-022-1720
Anderson v. Central Point School District No. 6, 554 F. Supp. 600 (D. Oregon 1982); aff’d in part, 746 F. 2d 505 (9th Cir. 1984).
Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138 (1983).