Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 16:21:46 GMT -6
When House Republicans earlier this month voted to make Transylvania County’s Board of Education elections partisan, they highlighted a growing trend.
The number of partisan school board elections has doubled in the past five years, according to the N.C. School Boards Association. Data from the association shows that of North Carolina’s 112 elected school boards, 23 are now elected on a partisan basis.
In 2018, Rockingham County will be partisan, and if the Transylvania bill passes the Senate, that will make 25. The association’s official position on whether school boards should be partisan is that it’s a local issue.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article85970692.html
Unfortunately this is a sad trend to see. The purpose of the school board is to provide quality education in a cost effective manner. Instead the environment will be dominated by politics which will only detract the educational experience for the students.
The number of partisan school board elections has doubled in the past five years, according to the N.C. School Boards Association. Data from the association shows that of North Carolina’s 112 elected school boards, 23 are now elected on a partisan basis.
In 2018, Rockingham County will be partisan, and if the Transylvania bill passes the Senate, that will make 25. The association’s official position on whether school boards should be partisan is that it’s a local issue.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article85970692.html
Unfortunately this is a sad trend to see. The purpose of the school board is to provide quality education in a cost effective manner. Instead the environment will be dominated by politics which will only detract the educational experience for the students.