[MineralMan]

"That's awful. In our old district, we got a majority of conservatives on the board for 1 term..but we didn't have the same volunteer fighters in the next election..meaning there were less people fighting for what is right. People got tired and gave up. "

So the other side did get enough volunteers, apparently, and won. Tough thing, that. Those who will not work for their goals deserve to lose, in my opinion. It's an ongoing effort, not something you do once then forget about.

We have a great system here. If you can convince the majority to vote for your slate of school board members, you control the school. If you can't get enough people to volunteer to do this, then the other side will win. It's so simple, yet I rarely see much action. Most conservatives, it seems are satisfied with complaining about things on FR or other places, but are not willing to put their beliefs into action.

School board elections are child's play. If conservatives cannot consistently elect a school board that is conservative in nature, then they deserve what they get, in my opinion. Most people don't even care who's on the school board in a district. All it takes is some minimal effort to publicize the names of the candidates you want elected and simple name recognition will insure their election.

I'm just amazed.

[longtermmemmory]

don't be so quick to condem voters of school boards. Stealth candidates are a fact of life in these usually nonpartisan elections.

[Freedom2specul8]

The majority of people in the county we lived in were liberals..and of course, who is the target voting population?

The elderly, would sometimes vote..single folks didn't get out and vote. The majority of folks in the PTA were liberals. The conservatives were a minority and couldn't figure out how to reach people who had no ties to the district.. We decided to move to a conservative county and are far better off. It's a great relief!

[RonF]

10-4 on your analysis of how to deal with the schools. In my school district, people were upset with the level of academic instruction. Nothing political; they thought, based on what was happening when their kids moved from middle school to high school, that langauge arts instruction in our middle school needed to be changed. This went on for a couple of years. No change. This election cycle, 3 political neophytes opposed 3 long-time board members. ZOT! Three new board members, by a 2-1 margin, and some teachers who are now on notice.