Dear President Wilkerson and Members of the Board,
At every remote meeting held by the Board, a significant portion of the meeting displays only a full-screen digital clock. Public viewers are not able to see any member of the Board or the administration. The public did not see the Board for over seven hours at the first session of the July Action Meeting.
A meeting at which the public is not able to see the Board, especially for hours at a time, cannot be considered a true public meeting.
We request that you make the screen include all members of the Board and Dr. Hite, along with any administrator speaking, for the entirety of the meeting. The digital clock, during public speaking, can take up one square on the screen.
If you convene the second session of the Action Meeting with the same format, we request that you explain at the outset of the session why the present technology prevents you from being seen.
Sincerely,
Lisa Haver
Karel Kilimnik
Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools 