Additional Guidelines for Public Hearing on Possible Closure of Joe Toler Elementary
-Information courtesy Dr. Stan Winborne, Public Information Officer, Granville County Public Schools
The Granville County Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the possible closure of Joe Toler – Oak Hill Elementary School at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. The hearing will be held at the school, located at 8176 Hwy 96 in Oxford.
Public hearing guidelines and procedures include:
- Guest speakers must “sign up” to speak (up to 30 minutes prior to the 7 p.m. public hearing start time);
- The guest speaker sheet will be pulled to close sign up at 7 p.m.;
- Guests will have four minutes to speak;
- The hearing is scheduled to last until 8:30 p.m. If there are still guests who signed up waiting to comment at 8:30 p.m, the Board can decide by majority vote whether to extend the hearing or make some other accommodation;
- The Board of Education will only listen to guests, as no responses or decisions will be provided that evening;
- The Board of Education will take the public input and study information under advisement and will deliberate and make a final decision at a later public meeting.