school board member
District policy decider
A school board member is an elected or appointed official who serves on the governing body of a public school district.
School boards set policies, approve budgets, hire superintendents, and oversee educational standards for local schools.
The position is typically unpaid or modestly compensated, though it often generates heated politics around curriculum, funding, and cultural issues: Three school board members faced recall over the mask mandate.
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- superintendentChief administrative official
- electedChosen by ballot
- sworn inFormally bound by oath
- open sessionMeeting without restrictions
meeting · agenda · vote · curriculum · budget · parent · parent involvement · taxpayer · district · policy · hearing · podium · public hearing · gavel · motion · recall · closed session · candidate
- civic rolesvoter, citizen, taxpayer, constituent, candidate
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- public officialscongressman, senator, mayor, representative, legislator
- legislatorslegislator, lawmaker, state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman
- election participantsvoter, candidate, elector, registered voter, eligible voter
- school administratorsheadmaster, headmistress, superintendent, principal, vice principal
school board memberstudent
One formally enrolled somewhere
pupil · classroom teacher · cafeteria worker · school bus driver · teaching assistant
school, board, member, schools, schooled, schooling, schoolhouse, schoolmaster, schoolteacher