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Contest for School Board District 3
general - Partisan - School Board Member
Elect 2 candidates
About this office
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.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Policy judgment for a public school district — setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.
- Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.
- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent — the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.
- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.
- Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Steve Scott's biography shows current service on the Unicoi County Board of Education, demonstrating direct experience with policy judgment and constituent relations for a school district. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate budget literacy or specific experience in hiring and evaluating superintendents.
Steve Willis's thirty-one years in human resources and tenure as a city human resources director and assistant city manager demonstrate relevant hiring and evaluation skills for selecting a superintendent. His current role chairing the Unicoi County Board of Education and directing the Tennessee School Boards Association Northeast District indicates active constituent relations and familiarity with state training requirements. The biography does not indicate specific experience in district budget literacy or policy judgment regarding capital budgets.
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