<div>The Board of Education system seems strange to many of us, and I cannot speak on behalf of the legislature. However, the original proposal to go back to an elected school board had two competing positions: 1) all district based representation; and 2) all representation elected at large. All members at large seemed to be the favored way, but would have likely lead to legal challenge--large areas of the county would likely end up with no resident on the school board. Thus, the move to a division with some board members elected at large and others by district.
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<div>The idea that everyone in the county can vote on each district is clearly connected to the original legislative prejudice for an all at large board. Having the districts simply guarantees that there will be no large chunk of the county without a resident sitting on the board. This explanation is not meant to be taken as complete, but gives the gist of how the system evolved.
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
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<div>Vern<br> </div><br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/9/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Regina M. Kreger</b> <<a href="mailto:regina@kreger.net">regina@kreger.net</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">I was wondering the same thing! This way, aren't they all at-large?
<div><span class="e" id="q_10ecca6b1a1c87ee_1"><br><br>Dwight Holmes wrote:
<blockquote cite="http://mid8123da3c0611081646r32a7bfbdu96a6e6268fe30471@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"><pre>Can someone explain why we were able to vote for board of education
candidates in ALL districts, as well as for the at-large ones? My
voter registration card says we live in education district 1, but all
districts were on our ballot. Seems odd, to say the least.
On 11/8/06, Rob Oppenheim <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:rob.oppenheim@comcast.net" target="_blank"><rob.oppenheim@comcast.net></a> wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite"><pre> BOARD OF EDUCATION AT LARGE (4 winners)
Beck, Donna Hathaway 96187 19.03%
McCotter-Jacobs, Ver 76064 15.05%
Thomas, Nathaniel Be 71351 14.11%
Watson, Ronald L. 70853 14.02%
Lawlah, Gloria 57465 11.37%
Johnson, Kenneth E. 50638 10.02%
Darensbourg, Alicia 43762 8.66%
Stone, Howard Wilber 37826 7.48%
BOARD OF EDUCATION 001
Johnson, Rosalind Ad 101385 74.43%
Shell, Robin Barnes 34652 25.44%
BOARD OF EDUCATION 002
Iliff, Heather 71567 53.73%
Waller, Amber 61287 46.01%
BOARD OF EDUCATION 003
Fletcher, Pat 68606 51.60%
Williams, Regina L. 62271 46.83%
BOARD OF EDUCATION 004
Morris, Steven E. 67386 50.23%
Thomas, Linda Thornt 66622 49.66%
BOARD OF EDUCATION 005
Johnson, R Owen Jr. 89324 65.62%
Costello, Kathleen F 46555 34.20%
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