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Contest for School Board Member District 1
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
Carol Berry's biography shows relevant experience as an incumbent school board member with a Master of Education and Level IV Boardmanship Award, alongside teaching roles in multiple states and union leadership. No controversy or disciplinary record appears in the provided text. Bio does not indicate specific budget literacy or direct superintendent evaluation experience.
Kailee Cordell's biography identifies her as a parent running for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board to ensure child security and optimal learning environments. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary history. Bio does not indicate prior experience in public school policy judgment, budget literacy, or superintendent evaluation.
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