Instructions for Presentation to the Board by Members of the Public
Alpha Public Schools (“Alpha”) welcomes your participation at the Alpha Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of Alpha in public. We are pleased that you are in attendance and hope that you will visit these meetings often. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in
Alpha. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, the following guidelines are provided:
1. Agendas are available to all audience members online via the Alpha website.
2. “Public Comment” is set aside for members of the audience to raise issues that are not
specifically on the agenda. However, due to public meeting laws, the Board can only listen to your issue, not respond or take action. The Board may give direction to staff to respond to your concern.

3. With regard to items that are on the agenda, you may specify that agenda item on your request form and you will be given an opportunity to speak for up to two (2) minutes when the Board discusses that item.

4. Individual comments will be limited to two (2) minutes. If an interpreter is needed, comments will be translated into English and the time limit shall be four (4) minutes.  The total time allotted to non-agenda items will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. At its discretion, the board may limit the total time allotted to public comments and set new time limits for individual comments. The board reserves the right to mute and remove a participant from the meeting if the participant unreasonably disrupts the meeting.

5. Members of the public attending in person who wish to make public comment during the board meeting should complete a public comment form and submit to Angelica Ruiz, Board Secretary.  Members of the public attending remotely at an alternative Alpha site should inform the site's meeting host and request a public comment form, and the meeting host will notify the Board Secretary.
6. Members of the public will be asked to clearly state their name and present their comment. 
7. Requests for disability-related modifications or accommodations to participate in this public meeting should be made at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting by calling (669) 234-0178. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations. The agenda and public documents will be modified upon request as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

8. Requests for translation accommodations to participate in this public meeting should be made at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting by calling (669) 234-0178. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations.

9. Under certain circumstances, one or more board members may qualify to participate in the meeting virtually without agendizing their location pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e).  Such circumstances, to the extent not agendized, will be addressed following roll call. In the event one or more board members participates virtually under Section 54953(e) members of the public may attend and address the Board during public comment period(s) at the meeting location(s) identified below, and may also attend virtually and address the Board during public comment period(s) by logging into the Zoom link provided on the meeting agenda.