Appointing vs. electing MPS leaders should be about real change - JSOnline:
"There is a difference between an elected board and a non-elected board, experience elsewhere shows. Elected officials are likely to be more responsive to constituents, to organizations, to the people who call them and who do show up at the meetings. Non-elected members are likely to be less responsive to those seeking their attention, in the name of being more responsive to the general public and broad needs. Or, in the view of some, in the name of being part of an elite group that wants to shut the community out of decisions.
You want to keep your school from being closed? Your best bet is an elected board. You want more schools in the city to be closed? Your best bet is an appointed board. The same with a lot of other decisions."
"There is a difference between an elected board and a non-elected board, experience elsewhere shows. Elected officials are likely to be more responsive to constituents, to organizations, to the people who call them and who do show up at the meetings. Non-elected members are likely to be less responsive to those seeking their attention, in the name of being more responsive to the general public and broad needs. Or, in the view of some, in the name of being part of an elite group that wants to shut the community out of decisions.
You want to keep your school from being closed? Your best bet is an elected board. You want more schools in the city to be closed? Your best bet is an appointed board. The same with a lot of other decisions."
