The St. Joseph Board of Education and School District will hold a series of community engagement events.

School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Newhart said the open house events are being put on to get input from the public on a variety of subjects.

“We will have a county fair style setup with various stations ranging from current academic programs to what a Prop C issue would be and what is Prop C, what our facility setup would be, what our current facility needs are,” Newhart said. “What we want to get, though, is what the public feedback is on these various issues, but also if they have any ideas.”

Newhart said the board decided to hold these three events to listen to the community and gauge the public’s opinion so they can work to do a better job.

“Ultimately it’s going to be this community deciding what type of schools they want to support,” Newhart said. “Our district is coming off a very tumultuous last three years (and) we’re trying to move forward. The board, the staff, the administrators want to make the open invite to the public, meet them at a place and time so they can specifically ask questions, see some of the same things that we’re seeing and get an idea of what we’re dealing with and hopefully we can have that dialogue and exchange to where solutions can be determined and made.”

The first community engagement meeting will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at Oak Grove Elementary School.

The other meetings will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at Troester Media Center and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 12, at Carden Park Elementary School.