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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There should also be opportunities for community involvement — not just parent involvement.  My /our taxes pay for the public schools.  I /we do this because we want to be a part of an educated community, and value child and family focused services.  Having a small segment of the community end up with a disproportionate influence is not appropriate for public education.  I like the idea of having smaller districts, but I could see that easily increasing the differences in resources available to many schools and their students and communities.[/quote]

I think school board elections cover that, though? I know our district also allows non-parent residents to speak at meetings and their input seems taken into consideration equally with that of current parents. That being said, our board shrugs off most feedback altogether unless it comes in the form of a large public petition (which definitely includes residents who don’t have kids) or massive email or phone campaign of some sort.

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Yes the SB mostly ignores parents. A big part of this is that the county is too damn large. [/quote]

This.  I prefer the model in some other parts of the country where each town has its own school - and where incorporating a town or city has not been banned state-wide by the legislature for 50+ years.  Those smaller school districts spend less per-pupil on overhead and more on actual instruction.  Further, the leadership can be held accountable for results and for basic things like using actual paper textbooks.[/quote]

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