Fiscal Management

Section D of the NEPN/NSBA classification system contains policies, regulations, and exhibits on school finances and the management of funds. Policies on the financing of school construction and renovation, however, are filed in Section F-Facilities Development.

General School Administration

Section C of the NEPN/NSBA classification system contains policies, regulations, and exhibits on school management, administrative organization, and school building and department administration – including the administrative aspect of special programs and system-wide reforms such as school or site-based management. It also houses personnel policies on the superintendent, senior administrators, management team, and school building administrators. All phases of policy implementation-procedures or regulations-are properly located in this section.

School Board Governance and Operations

Section B of the NEPN/NSBA classification system contains policies, regulations, and exhibits on the School Board - how it is appointed or elected; how it is organized; how it conducts meetings, and how the Board operates. This section includes bylaws and policies establishing the School Boards' internal operating procedures.

Foundations and Commitments

Section A of the NEPN/NSBA classification system contains policies, regulations, and exhibits on the district's legal role in providing public education and the basic principles underlying School Board governance. These policies provide a setting for all the School Board's other policies and regulations.

The Portsmouth School Board is the policy-making body for the School Department of the City of Portsmouth. The School Board consists of nine (9) members elected at large who shall have the powers and the duties vested by statute in Boards of Education and School Boards, subject to the remaining provisions of the City charter.