{"county":"shelby","description":"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/)).","district":"collierville","districtgroup":"municipality","id":146,"key":"collierville_school_board_position_4","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Tom Bailey","next_election":"2018-11-08","notes":"156","officegroup":"collierville_school_board","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- 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.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2024-11-05","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":0,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-11-08","name":"Keri Blair","person":{"biography":"**Keri Blair** is a 1998 graduate of Collierville High School, having relocated to Collierville from Louisville, Kentucky with her family in 1996. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Health Education from Union University, and she is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree from the University of West Alabama.  \n\nFollowing her graduation from Union University in 2001, Ms. Blair accepted a job with the American Cancer Society as a community liaison. In 2004, she began her career in the pharmaceutical industry and is currently an Access Reimbursement Manager at Bristol Myers Squibb. \n\nKeri and her husband, Brad, have one daughter who attends Collierville Elementary and participates in competitive dance at Studio 413 in Collierville. The Blairs attend Grace Valley Church in Collierville. In addition to being a wife and mother, while simultaneously working full-time, Ms. Blair enjoys exercising, serving at her church, and spending as much time as possible with her family.","firstname":"Keri","lastname":"Blair","token":"5Emlmd7T5R"},"term_end":"2024-01-10","term_start":"2022-11-08"},{"current":1,"description":null,"electiondate":"2024-11-05","name":"Tom Bailey","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","token":"pcq95F0sU9"},"term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2024-11-05"}],"title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","type":"legislative","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}