{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Amy Eoff","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":"","party":"Nonpartisan","person":{"biography":"Amy Eoff and her husband, Edward, have called Germantown home for most of their lives. They have been happily married for over twenty-five years and have three children. Alex currently attends Houston High School, and Anna and Adam are proud graduates. Amy earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in Home Economics Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She taught 7th and 8th-grade family studies in Baltimore County, Maryland before returning to the Mid-South to be closer to family. \n \nFor more than fifteen years, Amy has volunteered in multiple capacities in Germantown schools. From room parent to PTA President to band and theatre boosters volunteer, she has seen first hand the importance of positive teacher-parent teamwork in the success of our students. In 2015, Amy was awarded the Tennessee PTA Life Achievement Award for her commitment and work to benefit the school community.\n \nAmy\u2019s service is not limited to school buildings. She has served in various roles in church including deacon, Sunday School teacher, preschool missions teacher, missions committee chairman, and member of the Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship coordinating council. She currently attends Germantown Presbyterian Church with her family.  Amy is also a proud member of Pegasus where she has served as president and secretary. \n \n Links:\n \nSchool Board Site: [School Board](https://www.gmsdk12.org/apps/pages/boardmembers)\n\nFacebook: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/amyforeducation/) ","firstname":"Amy","lastname":"Eoff","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"ARTWrxbWql"},"token":"amy_eoff"},{"candidatename":"Dwight Andy Ellis","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":"","party":"Nonpartisan","person":{"biography":"No public information on this candidate at this time, please contact info@ballotproject.org if you have any info.\n\nLinks:\n\nN/A","firstname":"Dwight","lastname":"Ellis","middlename":"Andy","suffix":null,"token":"435Io6d6Oc"},"token":"dwight_andy_ellis"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"germantown","districtgroup":"municipality","districtgroupname":"Municipality","districtname":"Germantown","job_type":"school_board","o.office":"germantown_school_board_position_5","office":"germantown_school_board_position_5","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":4,"officetitle":"Germantown School Board Position 5","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Germantown School Board Position 5"}