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Contest for School Board District 5
general - Partisan - 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
David Moore's biography shows relevant experience in public budgeting through his service on the Weakley County Commission's Finance and Ways and Means Committee, alongside policy judgment gained from overseeing law enforcement operations as a former chief of police. His background includes constituent relations work with community members and families. Bio does not indicate prior experience serving on a school board or specific experience managing educational budgets.
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