Though it retained the right to expand the comment period if necessary, the Conway School Board, by a 5-1 vote with Randy Davison dissenting, last week approved a policy to limit public comments to three minutes per person, with a total cap of 30 minutes. At the meeting when it was decided, a frequent critic of the school system Bill Marvel said he thinks the real reason is not to allow more members of the public to speak but to minimize public input.
There were 27 responses via email, voicemail and Facebook to this week’s Tele-Talk question: What do you think of the Conway School Board’s new policy to limit comments by the public to three minutes per person?
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