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Remote Public Comment Process

How to Submit Remote Public Comment Beginning Sept. 2022
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How to Submit Remote Public Comment Beginning Sept. 2022

Public comment is welcome for all Board, Special Board and Committee meetings. The Board requires that public participants be residents of the District, taxpayers of the District, persons with a legal or contractual right to address the Board or persons recognized by the Presiding Officer as having a special interest such that addressing the Board would be appropriate.

There are two ways to make public comment during a RTSD board meeting:

Deliver public comment live at a RTSD Board Meeting (Board, Special Board, Committee):
- Participants will deliver their comment live during the public comment section of the meeting
- Eligible participants must be recognized by the Presiding Officer and must preface their comments by providing their name and address per Board Policy 006, Meetings and Public Participation
- Individual comment shall be limited to not more than 4 minutes per Board Policy 006
Deliver public comments remotely through an enhanced remote process (Beginning Sept. 2022)

If unable to attend the meeting to deliver a public comment in-person due to medical, religious, or individual circumstances, remote public comment can be shared via our voicemail system
Call 610-386-3350 sometime between when a meeting agenda is posted on BoardDocs (typically around 5 p.m. the Friday before the meeting date) and 12 p.m. of the meeting date
- Follow the prompts to access the remote public comment voicemail
- Indicate the meeting for which you are submitting comment
- Include your name and area of residence per Policy 006
Each comment must be no more than 4 minutes in length per Policy 006
Voice comments will be played during Board business and committee meetings during the public comment portion of the meeting
NOTE: The new process for submitting remote public comment replaces the previous process in which remote public comment was gathered via email and read at the meeting.

Video Preview of Enhanced Remote Public Comment

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As required by the PA Public School Code of 1949, Radnor Township School District is governed by a School Board comprised of nine publicly elected directors who each serve four year terms.

Elections are held every odd-numbered year with either four or five seats up for election in an alternating cycle. The authority and responsibilities of the Board are outlined in School Code and consist of roles such as adopting District policy, approving the annual budget, setting the tax rate, and employing a superintendent.

Board & Committee Meetings

The School Board typically holds its monthly business meeting at the Radnor Township Building (301 Iven Ave., Radnor) on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. and its committee meetings in the RTSD administration building (135 S. Wayne Ave., Wayne) on the second and third Tuesdays of every month, unless otherwise advertised.

The public is invited to attend all public meetings. Public comment is also welcome. For more, see Policy 006, Meetings and Public Participation.

How to Watch Board & Committee Meetings
Board & Committee Meeting Archives

How to Watch Board & Committee Meetings

Business meetings are broadcast live on the RTSD-TV YouTube channel and the Radnor Township Government Access channel (Comcast 5, Verizon 30). Committee meetings are streamed live and archived on the RTSD-TV YouTube channel.

The RTSD Education Channel (RTSD-TV) broadcasts a recorded committee meeting daily at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. according to the following schedule: Facilities on Monday, GRCC on Tuesday, Finance on Wednesday, Policy on Thursday, and Curriculum on Friday. RTSD-TV broadcasts the recorded business meetings daily on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. and Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m.

All Board and Committee meetings are also available On Demand through the RTSD-TV YouTube channel.

Board & Committee Meeting Archives

School Board Commitees

The RTSD Board of School Directors is organized in a committee structure of four members each as per Board Policy 005, Organization. The Superintendent assigns administrators to serve as liaisons to the committees.

Each December following Board Reorganization, the Board President appoints the committee chairpersons and members. The standing board committees are: Policy, Curriculum, Facilities, Finance and Government Relations & Communications.

Committee work enables Board members to delve into greater detail than is possible at the full board level. In-depth committee work builds governing expertise among board members and provides an opportunity for substantive discussion on key issues affecting RTSD.

School Board committees typically meet on the second or third Tuesdays throughout the school year unless otherwise advertised. Public comment is welcome at the beginning and/or end of each committee meeting on items that are or may be before that board committee. Committee meetings are open to the public and are typically held in the Ground Floor Conference Room of the Administration Building (135 S. Wayne Ave., Wayne), unless otherwise specified. Meetings are also live-streamed and archived on the RTSD YouTube Channel.