{"biography":"Ms. Wanda Chism has been a Collierville resident for almost 40 years. After a 31-year teaching career in the Collierville school system, she retired in May 2011. She taught 15 years at Collierville Elementary and 16 years at Tara Oaks Elementary. Wanda has been actively engaged in the schools as a teacher, parent, and grandparent. She received a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master\u2019s in Education from the University of Memphis. \n\nWanda is dedicated to serving the Students, Parents, Teachers, Principals, and other School Staff of our schools, who are most responsible for the quality of education and other activities in the classroom.  Ms. Chism believes that this is an exciting time and opportunity in our community as we build our Collierville School System and through working together, we can continue to have schools of excellence that will allow all our children the opportunity to compete globally now and into the future.\n\nMs. Chism has four married children and nine grandchildren. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Collierville Literacy Council, presently serving as the secretary, and is an active member of Collierville United Methodist Church.","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Wanda","fullname":"Wanda Chism","lastname":"Chism","office_history":[{"campaigns":[],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":null,"primary":null,"term":{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2024-08-01","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_2","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 2","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2028-08-01","term_start":"2024-08-01"},"year":2024},{"general":null,"party":null,"primary":null,"term":{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2022-11-08","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_2","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 2","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2024-11-08","term_start":"2022-11-08"},"year":2022}],"office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_2","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 2","state":"TN","terms":[{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2024-08-01","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_2","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 2","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2028-08-01","term_start":"2024-08-01"},{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2022-11-08","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_2","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 2","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2024-11-08","term_start":"2022-11-08"}]}],"summary":"Wanda Chism is a retired teacher who has been a resident of Collierville for almost 40 years. She taught in the Collierville school system for 31 years and holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master's in Education from the University of Memphis. She is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Collierville Literacy Council and is an active member of Collierville United Methodist Church. She is also running for the position of Collierville School Board Position 2, with her term starting in 2022 and ending in 2024. Overall, the profile provides substantive information about her education, work history, community involvement, and history as a candidate.","terms":[{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2022-11-08","office":"collierville_school_board_position_2","state":"TN","term_end":"2024-11-08","term_start":"2022-11-08","title":"Collierville School Board Position 2"},{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2024-08-01","office":"collierville_school_board_position_2","state":"TN","term_end":"2028-08-01","term_start":"2024-08-01","title":"Collierville School Board Position 2"}],"token":"WvWsBwfVTC"}