Editorial From The Cape Gazette

Cape school board: Stay transparent
Cape Henlopen School Board and other public bodies should avoid closed meetings like the plague. Elected officials and administrators of public institutions serve the public, and all of their doings are public business. It's not out of a sense of nosiness that the public wants to be involved in the management of its institutions;rather, the public knows that the less its governing bodies conduct their business behind closed doors, the stronger their decisions will be and the fewer the subsequent problems. Cape Henlopen School District has been stung in the past when court rulings found the district held improper secret sessions. A taxpayer group,suing over the process leading up to the referendum vote in favor of a new high school,on numerous occasions has cited questionable closed school board meetings. Based on past and present circumstances, its clear that getting the process absolutely right and conducting public business as transparently as possible is critically important during this dynamic time in Cape Henlopen School District's history.