Chanting, big signs, and speakers who take too long have been problems at School Committee meetings.
(John Blanding/Globe Staff/File 2010)
Committee sets ground rules for its lively public
Chanting, big signs, and speakers who take too long have been problems at School Committee meetings.
(John Blanding/Globe Staff/File 2010)
February 15, 2012
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Alarmed by deteriorating decorum at meetings, the Boston School Committee will start using new rules for public participation today. The code of conduct, more than six months in the making, is less stringent than a proposal the committee considered last summer that would have banned clapping, jeering, and holding signs at meetings. That possibility ignited a firestorm among students and activists, who accused the panel of trying to muzzle their right to free speech. Here’s a look at the new rules and the problems they aim to address:
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