How a Board Meeting Works

Just to keep it simple, the Board accepts comments from the community at the beginning of the meeting.
If you want to speak you get in line in one of the aisles behind the podium with a microphone.
Each person gets a 3 minute time limit to speak.

General etiquette is (from what I have seen) :
State your name at the beginning of your statement.
Don't mention or address anyone by name.
Try to be polite.
Sometime people in the audience express agreement.

Next, there is a presentation from one of the schools or one of the school programs that the board oversees.

There is discussion, and some other board business.

At the end of the meeting they open the microphone up to the community again, where each person is again allotted 3 minutes to speak.
Even if you have already spoken at the beginning of the meeting, you are allowed to speak again.

Cheers and good luck!