With less than one week before the start of the new school year, the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Board of Education heard about safety and security practices, discussed a new district community pledge, and appointed Gabriel Halimi as board liaison to the Beverly Hills Education Foundation at its Aug. 9 meeting. Board members reviewed a new draft of the BHUSD Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Values and Governance Handbook after being “fine-tuned” and shortened substantially by cabinet members in recent planning sessions. The revised mission is simply “Educational Excellence” and bullet points the values: excellence, integrity, wellness, inclusion, safety, and community.
“We feel like it’s important for us to leave it as a discussion for this evening, so people have a chance to look at it,” Board President Mary Wells said. “And give an opportunity for the community to give us feedback before we approve it at our next board meeting.”
