At VHE your voice matters.  We encourage our community to come and spend time with us at our GO Team meetings to learn more about the governance side of Virginia-Highland Elementary as well as share with us any concerns that you may have. 

The VHE GO Team hereby provides notice of its Public Comment protocol to the Virginia-Highland Elementary Community. The VHE GO Team welcomes and encourages citizens to attend its meetings to become better acquainted with the programs of VHE and the role of the GO Team. Unless otherwise provided by law, the GO Team meetings are open to the public.

• Citizens are welcome to attend the meetings but must refrain from interrupting or distracting the GO Team proceedings.
• For those people wishing to provide comment, designated time periods for public comment are identified on each agenda.
• Public comment is planned as an official agenda for 4 out of the 6 official meetings of the VHE GO Team. 
• Please refer to each published agenda to confirm the time periods. Public Comment opportunities are contingent upon all agenda items being discussed first, but it is our goal to schedule public comment time as close to the last 20 minutes of the scheduled one hour meeting as possible.
• A sign-up sheet will be available at the door and must be used by any person who wishes to speak during the public comment period in the event of a virtual meeting,  sign up for public comment will be allowed in the virtual meeting chat.
• Each member of the public will have two (2) minutes to speak.
• At the close of the two (2) minute period, the speaker will be asked to take their seat so that others identified on the sign-in sheet can be provided with an opportunity to speak.
• The public comment period is designed to gain input from the public. It is not for immediate responses by the GO Team to the public comment presented.
• At the end of each public comment period, the period will be closed and the GO Team will move on to the next agenda item.
• If there are questions or information that you have for the GO Team, you may also contact one or more of the GO Team members before or after the meetings.

Public Comment protocol was approved on July 17th, 2024 by the VHE GO Team.