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Contest for Anson County Board Of Education At-Large

general - Partisan - County School Board Member

About this office

A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.

Term length: 4 years.

This role calls for

  • Policy judgment for a public school district — setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.
  • Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.
  • Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent — the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.
  • Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.
  • Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.

Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.

Campaigns

Ida Cason

Ida Cason

DEM
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Tracy Harrington

Tracy Harrington

DEM
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William (Bug) Polk

William (Bug) Polk

DEM
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Marilynn Bennett

Marilynn Bennett

DEM
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Lorri Burns Bennett

Lorri Burns Bennett

DEM
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Glenn Caulder

Glenn Caulder

DEM
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