Are we suppose to vote as if the current CC is in place?  I do not want to complicate the question......but we got SB and AW from the current CC.....

Quote from HSCIN on 06/11/08 at 8:10am:

 
Thank you.  This is a very hard decision.  If Hoover residents can't elect a CC that supports our schools, I am not sure we could elect a school board that functions for the betterment of Hoover.

The representative of the School Network mentioned some communities going to combination elected and appointed. Could the individual please elaborate?
 
Would that be elect the SUPT. let the Council do their thing w/ the B of ED?
 
That would be a true stand alone SUPT. who has the support of the community and yes the good blessings of the Board.
 
Plus he(she) would have a $184,000 " higher ed contract " beholding to the constitutes.

I have been made aware of districts (looking for the specifics as we speak) that have a combination of elected and appointed board seats.  Generally they are very large districts, from my understanding.  Something like 4 elected, 3 appointed.
 
Dr. Joe Dean, former board member, stated that he has seen the elected board, appointed superintendent model work well.  I have had a lot of discussion with folks at various levels about moving to an elected board.  Again, it's not something to be done as a reaction to a bad appointment (or two or three or four), but as a way to better govern a school system.
 
I don't know if we're there yet.  I don't know if an elected board would be any better representative of the folks who make up the system.  
 
Hence the question for y'all.

Quote from HSCIN on 06/11/08 at 9:25am:

 
Here's what I found from the Education Commission of the States website:
 
In Oakland, California, 3 of the 10 local school board members for the Oakland school district are appointed by the mayor, and 7 of the 10 members are elected.  
 
In New York City 5 of the 13 members are appointed by the 5 borough presidents and 8 of the 13 members, including the chancellor of public instruction who serves as chairperson, are appointed by the mayor.
 
These are the only two boards of education in the country that the ECS stated are a combination of elected and appointed board of education members.

Not sure I understand your question, HH2.  Could you clarify?

The research shows that neither form of governance actually produces better results than the other.  The determining factor in how successful schools are is how their community embraces them (or not).  One of those links (the one with the advantages and disadvantages of each type, I believe) states that very clearly.  And that's what all of the research shows as well.  
 
It doesn't matter which form you have as long as the community believes in that form of governance.
 
Hence the question.  Which do we want?

I'm not sure one is better than the other, but we need to know what the recall rules are.  Surely, there is some method whether they are appointed or elected to recall bad selections.

I think with a little more research you will find that the Madison County Board of ED is an elected board or at least their supertinenant was elected.
 
It is interesting to note this is where Mr. Bill Broardway came from prior to his happening in Hoover. It is interesting  also to note that he was voted OUT of office and another candidate won the next term as SUPT. of Madison County School System. ( BILLY only one term)
 
I would like to put a disclaimer on this info. because it was given to me third hand from a teacher in that System who has numerous stories to tell of the Mr. "sky the limit" Billy Broardway.
 
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF THIS INFO. IS NOT VALID!!

29 votes so far.  29.  Anybody else out there with an opinion?  I'm closing this on June 30th.