Procedures for Testifying at Public Hearings

A regular public hearing for citizens’ comments on agenda items and other school matters is held each month in Conference Room A of the Administration Building, 341 S. Bellefield Avenue (Oakland).

In addition, special public hearings are scheduled as needed.

Hearings will be conducted under the following procedures:

1. All speakers must be School District (City of Pittsburgh or Mt. Oliver) residents.

2. Requests to speak at the public hearing will be accepted in the Superintendent’s Office beginning one week prior to the date of the hearing until noon of the day of the hearing. Call 412-622-3600.

3. Speakers must call personally to be placed on the agenda. They will be scheduled in the order the calls are received.

4. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes of testimony.

5. All speakers should submit, if possible, 11 copies of their testimony at the time they are called to speak.

6. A speaker may not relinquish his or her allotted time to another.

7. All speakers, regardless of their viewpoint, are entitled to the courtesy of speaking without interruption from those who might disagree. Failure to extend this courtesy could result in the adjournment of the meeting.