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Contest for County School Board District 3
County School Board District 3
general - Non-partisan - Hamilton County Schools Board District 3
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 on a large urban district — Memphis-Shelby County Schools serves roughly 110,000 students across more than 200 schools, with a budget over a billion dollars.
- Budget literacy for both operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the County Commission (which appropriates) and the Tennessee Department of Education.
- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent — historically the highest-stakes recurring decision the board makes.
- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members across an economically and racially diverse district.
- Willingness to complete the state-required seven hours of annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association School Board Academy.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Sandy Pricer's biography shows twenty years of nonprofit leadership and board service relevant to constituent relations and policy judgment in Hamilton County. She founded a youth organization serving over 1,500 individuals and currently serves as president of the Ivy Academy board. The record contains no controversies or disciplinary history. Bio does not indicate experience with public budget management or hiring and evaluating a school district superintendent.
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