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Contest for School Board Member District 7
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.
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Duana C. Hall's biography shows extensive leadership in Army operations, logistics, and training, alongside experience as a senior operations analyst, which aligns with policy judgment and budget literacy demands. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate direct public school board governance experience or specific K-12 curriculum development experience.
Driscoll Augustine's biography shows relevant experience as a physician and educator with sports-medicine coverage for local high schools, alongside service as an Army veteran and parent of three children in the district. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience in school board policy judgment or budget literacy for operating and capital budgets.
Trawinski's thirty-four years in Montgomery County and twenty years of classroom teaching demonstrate relevant constituent relations and policy judgment for a school board. Her leadership roles with Rotary Club and Leadership Clarksville suggest community engagement skills. The biography documents no controversies or disciplinary records. Bio does not indicate experience with district budgeting, superintendent evaluation, or state-required training completion.
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