{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Bryan Woodruff","chatgptsummary":"Woodruff\u2019s fifteen-year tenure as an IT leader and current role as Senior Sales Engineer demonstrate budget literacy and policy judgment relevant to district operations. His service on the Finance Subcommittee of the Bartlett Education Advisory Committee provides direct evidence of fiscal oversight experience. As a parent of four children attending Bartlett City Schools, he maintains active constituent relations with families. He also engages parents and community members through youth soccer coaching and city event participation.","notes":"","party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nBryan Woodruff is a candidate for Bartlett School Board, Position 4 in the 2026 Tennessee election (Shelby County).\n","firstname":"Bryan","lastname":"Woodruff","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"u2dXP4hszP"},"token":"bryan_woodruff"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"bartlett","districtgroup":"county_school_board","districtgroupname":"Shelby County School Board","districtname":"Bartlett","job_type":"school_board","o.office":"bartlett_school_board_position_4","office":"bartlett_school_board_position_4","officedescription":"Members of the Bartlett City Schools school board govern the Bartlett City Schools municipal school district, separate from Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Five members are elected to staggered four-year terms. The board hires and evaluates the superintendent, adopts district policies, approves the budget, sets district goals, and oversees compliance with federal and state education law. Members are required to complete seven hours of training annually through the Tennessee School Boards Association School Board Academy.\n\n**Compensation:** stipend set locally; state law requires a minimum of $4/day ([T.C.A. \u00a7 49-2-202](https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-49/chapter-2/part-2/section-49-2-202/)).","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":"Bartlett School Board Position 4","partisan":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Bartlett School Board Position 4"}