http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/bill-passes-that-would-end-electing-school-superintendents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bill-passes-that-would-end-electing-school-superintendents Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/bill-passes-that-would-end-electing-school-superintendents/#comment-144291 W S Rone Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:16:41 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=69724#comment-144291 Requiring that Superintendents be appointed is all well and good, except for one thing that is being overlooked. That is the appointment of School Board Members, rather than their election. In Oxford, only two members are elected. The balance are appointed by the mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen. By not making all of the School Board Members directly responsible to the voters, the voters have lost a direct method to control the School Board. I wonder what percentage of School Board Members are appointed. Is Oxford the exception or the norm in Mississippi?

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/bill-passes-that-would-end-electing-school-superintendents/#comment-144276 Southern Education Desk – Wednesday Reading List: Education News From Around The South Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:33:44 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=69724#comment-144276 [...] The Mississippi Senate has passed bills that would end superintendent elections, raise the requirements for becoming a teacher and limit the state’s ability to take over schools. (Mississippi Business Journal) [...]

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