--- ## title: Listening Time Request Form - Google Docs date: D:20250627191114+00'00' --- ## Robbinsdale Area Schools ## Independent School District 281 4148 Winnetka Ave N. ## New Hope, MN 55427 763-504-8000 | rdale.org ## School Board Listening Time Procedure and Form Your input to the Robbinsdale Area School Board is welcome and valued. Listening Time provides an opportunity for the school district community to share comments, concerns, questions and ideas to representatives of the school board and district administration. Respectful communication is essential to ensure full understanding of each topic presented. Listening Time begins at 6 p.m. and will end on or before 6:50 p.m. prior to the first school board meeting of most months. The School Board Facilitator will allow no more than three minutes per speaker to ensure all topics are heard. Procedure for participation in the Listening Time - read and sign at the bottom: 1. Complete the “Speaker Information Form” below; copies are available online, and are accepted until 3 p.m. on the day of Listening Time. After 3 p.m., please fill out a paper form and give it to the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and School Board to add to the list of speakers prior to the start of Listening Time. 2. Topics will be heard in the order in which they are received. 3. Speakers should ensure information is accurate and concise. 4. Due to School Board 207 AP: Public Hearings , section III. Procedures, under C. Public Participation, Number 5. - “Personal attacks by anyone addressing the school board are unacceptable. Persistence in such remarks by an individual shall terminate that person’s privilege to address the school board. ” 5. Individual or group time will be no longer than three minutes. In the case of a large number of attendees, the Board will permit 2-3 spokespersons to speak per topic. 6. The Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and School Board will distribute any documents you would like to share. 7. The School Board facilitator or an administrator will determine if a follow-up action is necessary. Please note that inquiries that require further research will receive responses as needed once the information is gathered. I have read and understand the procedure for participation in the Listening Time, and agree to follow the procedure: Signature _________________________________________________________________ ## SPEAKER INFORMATION FORM Date ________________________________________ ## Name _______________________________________________ Phone/Email_______________________________ Address _________________________________________________________________________________________ Topic you wish to present (REQUIRED) : ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ To whom in the district have you already spoken with regarding your topic? ______________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Topic summary __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ We appreciate your input. ## The Robbinsdale Area Schools Board of Education June 2025