{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Tom Bailey","chatgptsummary":"Tom Bailey is the incumbent on Collierville School Board Position 4 and the only candidate filed for this seat on the August 6, 2026 ballot. A 2003 Collierville High School graduate with a Business Administration degree from the University of Tennessee, he is Manager of Road Operations at Canadian National Railroad, overseeing intermodal trucking for the company's US-based division \u2014 a role with budget and personnel responsibility. He has children currently enrolled in Collierville Schools and is active in local youth sports and Girl Scouts.","notes":"","party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTom Bailey is the incumbent member of the Collierville Schools Board of Education, Position 4, and is seeking re-election on the August 6, 2026 ballot as a Republican [1][2][3]. He is currently the only candidate filed for this seat. He and another candidate named Gibbs both won open Collierville School Board seats in the election that brought him to the board [4].\n\n## Background and education\nBailey moved to Collierville in 1997. He attended Collierville Middle School and graduated from Collierville High School in 2003 [3]. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2007 [3]. He and his wife, also a CHS class of 2003 graduate and longtime Collierville resident, have children currently enrolled in Collierville Schools [1][3].\n\nBailey was born with Becker Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive form of muscular dystrophy, and uses a wheelchair [3].\n\n## Career\nBailey is Manager of Road Operations at Canadian National Railroad, where he oversees intermodal trucking operations for the company's US-based division [3]. He has worked at Canadian National for seventeen years [3]. Earlier in his career he served as Supply Chain Administrator at Pinnacle Airlines [3].\n\nBailey is active in local youth sports and Girl Scouts, and is a member of Living Hope Church [3]. He has described his board service as a way \"to give back to the town that has given him so much\" [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Tom Bailey for Collierville - campaign Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/p/Tom-Bailey-for-Collierville-61563966750727/)\n[2] [Tom Bailey seeking reelection to Collierville Schools board - Daily Memphian](https://dailymemphian.com/article/58558/tom-bailey-collierville-schools-school-board-elections-position-4)\n[3] [Tom Bailey biography - Collierville Schools Board of Education](https://www.colliervilleschools.org/116132_2)\n[4] [Gibbs, Bailey take Collierville school board seats - Daily Memphian](https://dailymemphian.com/article/47499/collierville-school-board-education-elections)\n","firstname":"Tom","lastname":"Bailey","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"pcq95F0sU9"},"token":"tom_bailey"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"collierville","districtgroup":"municipality","districtgroupname":"Municipality","districtname":"Collierville","job_type":"school_board","o.office":"collierville_school_board_position_4","office":"collierville_school_board_position_4","officedescription":"Members of the Collierville Schools school board govern the Collierville 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":"Collierville School Board Position 4","partisan":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Collierville School Board Position 4"}