Novi Schools
open up on-line

1/23/2008

We were very pleased this week to see that the Novi Community Schools has begun posting Board of Education meetings on-line for all to see. Residents can now watch the school board in action, at their convenience, from anywhere the Internet is available.

What a great idea!

Viewers can watch previous meetings, and they can also watch meetings live on the school's website. It's also possible to jump around in the meeting, so that viewers can watch just part of the meeting if desired.

The City of Novi did a similar thing last year, and it's been a great success.

Novi's school website is already one of the best in the region, and provides a wealth of information. Continued improvements such as this go a long way toward ensuring the community is involved in our schools, and that's definitely a good thing.

Providing access to city and school meetings on-line allows residents to watch when it's convenient, eliminates the need to have local cable and be tied down to the TV to watch an entire meeting, and allows everyone to see what's happening in the community.

Such openness is refreshing.

Not many communities work so hard to include their residents. Novi does, and the end result can only make the city an even better place to live and work.

We the People are pleased with our school's continued innovations and openness. Everyone should have the opportunity to watch the school board in action. This new technology makes it possible, and convenient at the same time.

Kudos to Superintendent Peter Dion, the school board, and all those involved in making this happen.