Over the past few months, the Guam Education Policy Board has been the target of sustained criticism and protests over their unilateral decision (which they have the authority to do but in this case completely botched it) to add more classes to high school schedules. I say botched because they failed to get the opinions of those (teachers, students, parents) who would be affected by it the most and instead went ahead and rammed through a change of policy without (seemingly) bothering to look at the negatives that would accompany such a drastic change.
The composition of the Guam Education Policy Board should revert to a fully elected Board instead of one dominated by members appointed by the Governor. This would bring more accountability and transparency in decisions that the policy making body of the largest government agency on Guam makes instead of making decisions made solely at the whim of partisan politics.
We here at Guam Politics and Happenings call on the Legislature to immediately enact legislation to the effect called for in the above paragraph, as well as requiring that Board members MUST allow at least ten working days to receive testimony from the public before enacting any changes to policy.
