[Wonder Warthog]

"Maybe where you live, but from where I come from the local school board elections are sometimes more highly charged and competitive than those for legislative offices. they also tend to attrack more candidates than legislative offices."

And where might THAT be?? That situation is certainly as rare as hen's teeth in today's "ed biz".

[Gabz]

And where might THAT be?? That situation is certainly as rare as hen's teeth in today's "ed biz".

My reference "where I come from" is Delaware, I haven't lived in Virginia long enough to know how heated the school board elections get around here.