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Contest for County School Board District 3
general - Partisan - School Board Member
Elect 3 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
David Hammond's biography shows three terms on the Washington County Board of Education, demonstrating policy judgment and constituent relations through work with staff retention efforts. He has no documented controversies or disciplinary records. Bio does not indicate experience in budget literacy for operating and capital budgets or formal training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.
Gregg Huddlestone's forty-three years as a kindergarten teacher and current tutoring work demonstrate constituent relations experience relevant to the role. His board service on the Washington County Retired Teachers Association shows policy judgment familiarity. The biography contains no record of controversy or disciplinary action. Bio does not indicate budget literacy experience or superintendent evaluation experience.
Fleenor's eight-year tenure on the Washington County Board of Education demonstrates experience in policy judgment and constituent relations regarding district projects like the new Jonesborough school. His background includes budget literacy through coordination with county officials. Bio does not indicate specific experience in hiring or evaluating a superintendent or completing state-required annual training.
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