{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Douglas Paul Childers","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":"","party":"","person":{"biography":"Mr. Paul Childers grew up as a child in the Town of Collierville and was a graduate of Collierville Schools in 1987 (Collierville Elementary, Collierville Middle, and Collierville High).  His wife, Jamie Childers, a Collierville resident graduated from Collierville High in 1995.  The Childers children (Olivia and Beau) are active students in Collierville Schools.  In 1995, Mr. Childers graduated from the University of Memphis with a B.A. Marketing.  Shortly after graduating, Paul relocated to Dallas, Texas then Charlotte, North Carolina, and later settling in Tampa, Florida in 2001.  Mr. Childers earned his Master's of Business Administration from the University of Miami in late 2003.\n\nThe Childers family aspired to return to the Town of Collierville to root their family in the town both Paul and Jamie fell in love with.  Mr. and Mrs. Childers desired to be closer to their family and to support their children's academic needs and goals.  Collierville Schools was their top-of-the-mind choice, and a catalyst to return to the Town of Collierville in 2018. Paul works for Goodman and Daikin Corporation as their Region Manager. Additionally, Paul served on the Town Beautiful Commission in 2020.  ","firstname":"Douglas","lastname":"Childers","middlename":"Paul","suffix":null,"token":"TwIVkHgztz"},"token":"douglas_paul_childers"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"collierville","districtgroup":"municipality","districtgroupname":"Municipality","districtname":"Collierville","job_type":"school_board","o.office":"collierville_school_board_position_3","office":"collierville_school_board_position_3","officedescription":"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.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on a small suburban district within Shelby County \u2014 Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland, or Millington \u2014 typically several thousand students across a single elementary/middle/high feeder pattern.\n- Budget literacy for both operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the suburban municipality (which provides matching local funds in some configurations).\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, and community members across an actively engaged small district.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required seven hours of annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association School Board Academy.","officeterm":3,"officetitle":"Collierville School Board Position 3","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Collierville School Board Position 3"}