ROCK SPRINGS — Residents speaking during the public comment portion of Sweetwater County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meetings will have a new set of guidelines to follow.

Chairman Cole Wright introduced the guidelines as information only during Monday’s meeting, saying they would be enforced starting with the September meeting. He said the rights and obligations of public comments were addressed through Wyoming case law involving another school district, which led to SCSD No. 1 adopting new guidelines. He said the case stressed the importance of protecting individual privacy, as well as preserving the intended purpose of board meetings.

“The public comment period is intended to provide community input on matters of board business,” Wright said. “Typically, items on the agend

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