Fox has posted some of the older board meeting packets and minutes on BoardDocs dating back to the August 30, 2011 school board meeting.
Board Meeting Packets
The 2012-2016 board meeting packets were downloaded from Fox C-6's website. The board meeting packets prior to the 2012-2013 school year were obtained from the district via Sunshine requests.
Board Meeting Minutes
All of the school board meeting minutes were downloaded directly from the district website or BoardDocs. The board meeting minutes prior to 2008 were downloaded from the district's website in 2009. I have consolidated the board meeting minutes into single PDF documents for most of the years. The 2005-2006 and 2004-2005 board meeting minutes were saved as SECURED PDF files and could not be consolidated into a single PDF document. This is why they are stored in ZIP files that will need to be decompressed before viewing the files.
The school board meeting packets were processed using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software in order to make the PDF documents searchable. (You will have to download the PDF to your computer to use your PDF reader's search capability.)
Prior to the district publishing the board meeting packets online, taxpayers had to make Sunshine requests in order to obtain them. I did this a couple of years ago in order to review bill payments and other documentation that should have been provided to the public on the website years ago. Many other school districts have been publishing their board meeting packets online for their taxpayers for years.
The board meeting packets are the materials that are provided to Fox C-6 school board members each month to review prior to the school board meetings so they can make informed decisions when approving and voting on matters. Each month they are required to review the bill payments report before approving the payments.
The district's website currently has board meeting minutes dating back to 2008 but won't publish the board packets dating back that for. The district should easily be able post the copies that they provided me via Sunshine request.
If Fox C-6 had been posting their board packets online like they do in many other school districts, the public may not have been shocked and/or outraged when they found out what's been going on in our school district for the last 9 or 10 years like they did in 2014. Since the school board wasn't overseeing the district like they should have been doing, there wasn't much effort by the school board to get the board packets posted online.
It took numerous requests to the board over a couple of years asking them to publish the board packets online for the public like they do in other districts. Superintendent Brown / Critchlow always had an excuse as to why this couldn't be done. Then when they were first published online, the Bill Payments Report was not included in the board packet. Not making this information available to the public made it difficult for the community to know what was really going on in our school district.
Problems with School Board Meeting Minutes
Another problem was the fact that the school board meeting minutes weren't getting published online until they were approved at the next month's meeting. So, the public didn't know about board decisions for more than a month.
It took numerous requests to the board over a couple of years asking them to publish the board packets online for the public like they do in other districts. Superintendent Brown / Critchlow always had an excuse as to why this couldn't be done. Then when they were first published online, the Bill Payments Report was not included in the board packet. Not making this information available to the public made it difficult for the community to know what was really going on in our school district.
Problems with School Board Meeting Minutes
Another problem was the fact that the school board meeting minutes weren't getting published online until they were approved at the next month's meeting. So, the public didn't know about board decisions for more than a month.
When I made my Sunshine Request for the board packets, I asked the district to supply me the board meeting packets dating back to 2008. However, I was informed that the district didn't have PDF copies of the board meeting packets prior to April 2010. At least that's what I was told. I learned not to trust information from the district a long time ago. The district wanted to charge me a significant fee to obtain the board packets prior to April 2010. So I did not pursue the matter any further at the time.
It was odd that the district had been posting board meeting minutes in PDF format on the district website as far back as 2001. I have copies meeting minutes dating back to 2002. It seemed to me that the district simply didn't want to make that information available. Perhaps it was due to the fact that it most likely would have revealed large legal expenses as the district was preparing for a Due Process Hearing in May 2010 and had paid to conduct a Due Processing Hearing in January 2009 for another family.
So for now, this page only has the board meeting packets dating back to April 20, 2010. An asterisk in the Meeting Minutes column indicates that I spoke at that meeting during Public Comments or made remarks during the meeting like I did at the November 5, 2013 workshop.
The problem with our board meeting minutes is that Public Comments have been so poorly documented over the years so no one would know what was asked or commented on unless it was something that Superintendent Brown / Critchlow wanted the public to know.
2018-2019 (YTD)
2018-2019 Fox C-6 Board Meeting Minutes in One File YTD
2017-2018
2017-2018 Fox C-6 Board Meeting Minutes in One File
It was odd that the district had been posting board meeting minutes in PDF format on the district website as far back as 2001. I have copies meeting minutes dating back to 2002. It seemed to me that the district simply didn't want to make that information available. Perhaps it was due to the fact that it most likely would have revealed large legal expenses as the district was preparing for a Due Process Hearing in May 2010 and had paid to conduct a Due Processing Hearing in January 2009 for another family.
So for now, this page only has the board meeting packets dating back to April 20, 2010. An asterisk in the Meeting Minutes column indicates that I spoke at that meeting during Public Comments or made remarks during the meeting like I did at the November 5, 2013 workshop.
The problem with our board meeting minutes is that Public Comments have been so poorly documented over the years so no one would know what was asked or commented on unless it was something that Superintendent Brown / Critchlow wanted the public to know.
2018-2019 (YTD)
2018-2019 Fox C-6 Board Meeting Minutes in One File YTD
2017-2018
2017-2018 Fox C-6 Board Meeting Minutes in One File
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Packet | Meeting Minutes |
| July 19, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| August 2, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| August 16, 2016 | Meeting | Download | |
| September 6, 2016 | Workshop Meeting |
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Packet | Meeting Minutes |
| July 7, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| July 21, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| August 4, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| August 18, 2015 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| September 1, 2015 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| September 22, 2015 | Meeting | Download | |
| October 6, 2015 | Meeting | Download | n/a |
| October 20, 2015 | Meeting | Download | |
| November 3, 2015 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| November 17, 2015 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| December 15, 2015 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| January 12, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| January 19, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| February 2, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| February 16, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| March 1, 2016 | Workshop/Meeting | Download | Download |
| March 15, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| April 19, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| May 3, 2016 | Workshop/Meeting | Download | n/a |
| May 17, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| June 14, 2016 | Workshop/Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| June 28, 2016 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Packet | Meeting Minutes |
| July 22, 2014 | Special Meeting | Download (*) | |
| August 4, 2014 | Special Meeting | Download (*) | |
| August 19, 2014 | Meeting | Download | |
| September 16, 2014 | Meeting | Download | |
| October 21, 2014 | Meeting | ||
| November 18, 2014 | Meeting | ||
| December 16, 2014 | Meeting | ||
| January 20, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| February 3, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| February 24, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| March 17, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| April 21, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| May 5, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| May 19, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| June 2, 2015 | Meeting | ||
| June 30, 2015 | Meeting |
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Packet | Meeting Minutes |
| August 27, 2013 | Hearing | none | Download |
| August 27, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| September 17, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| October 1, 2013 | Workshop | none | Download |
| October 15, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| November 5, 2013 | Workshop | none | Download (*) |
| November 19, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| December 9, 2013 | Special | none | Download |
| December 17, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| January 14, 2014 | Special | none | Download |
| January 21, 2014 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| February 3, 2014 | Special | none | Download |
| February 18, 2014 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| March 4, 2014 | Workshop | none | Download |
| March 18, 2014 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| April 15, 2014 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| May 14, 2014 | Special | none | Download |
| May 20, 2014 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| May 29, 2014 | Special | none | Download |
| June 4, 2014 | Special | none | Download |
| June 10, 2014 | Special | none | Download |
| June 30, 2014 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Packet | Meeting Minutes |
| August 28, 2012 | Hearing | Download | Download |
| September 18, 2012 | Workshop | none | Download |
| September 18, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| October 16, 2012 | Workshop | none | Download |
| October 16, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| November 20, 2012 | Workshop | none | Download |
| November 20, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| December 11, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| January 15, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| February 5, 2013 | Special | none | Download |
| February 19, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| March 5, 2013 | Workshop | none | Download |
| March 19, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| April 16, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| May 7, 2013 | Special | none | Download |
| May 19, 2013 | Workshop | none | Download |
| May 21, 2013 | Workshop | none | Download |
| May 21, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| June 25, 2013 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Packet | Meeting Minutes |
| August 30, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| September 20, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| October 18, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| November 15, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| December 13, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| January 17, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| February 7, 2012 | Special | Download | Download |
| February 21, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| March 20, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| April 10, 2012 | Special | none | Download |
| April 17, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| May 15, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| June 26, 2012 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| Date | Meeting Type | Meeting Packet | Meeting Minutes |
| August 31, 2010 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| September 21, 2010 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| October 19, 2010 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| November 16, 2010 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| December 14, 2010 | Meeting | Download | Download (*) |
| January 18, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| February 1, 2011 | Special | none | Download |
| February 15, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| March 15, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| April 19, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| May 17, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
| June 28, 2011 | Meeting | Download | Download |
