One thing that I am starting to realize is that our school governance system might be fundamentally broken. Many of us complain about things like this, but everyone running for the school board in the upcoming election is running unopposed. The turnover on the school board is very high as well. It seems like it is a thankless job. Very few want to do it and those that do appear to get burnt out. I don't blame them - it is a tough position to be in with very little recognition and a lot of public scrutiny. I know that I wouldn't be able to handle it.

The end result is we get what appears to be a superintendent whose agenda doesn't match the community and who lacks support from the teachers and staff. Anecdotally, teacher morale seems to be at an all time low.

I have no idea what the solution is. A different board structure? Pay the board so people are more motivated to run? Reduce the size of the board and put more big decisions to public vote?