CB> BUT, the system is political - those who get elected are those who 
CB> make 
CB> the biggest promises with little or no regard for the actual way in 
CB> which schools run.  
    Sounds like congress or state legislatures...sounds like _democracy_!
CB> (2,700 kids K-12) spends $21,000,000 a year and the board members 
CB> don't 
CB> have to have any qualifications nor do they even need to get any 
CB> training after being elected
    Again, sounds like congress, since there are no qualifications in the way 
of training for that either...sounds like _democracy_!
    I read the article in NEA Today about whether school boards should no 
longer be elected, and it made most of the arguments you do.  But what it and 
you miss is that citizens who no longer feel they have any control over the 
schools will not support them in tax referendums.
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