A strong public education system inSacramento's central city is crucial to the prosperity of the entire region. Sacramento City Unified seems primed for progress, even with the budget challenges that all school districts confront.
The school board has hired a talented and innovative superintendent. The board itself has four new members as the district switched from at-large voting to a system of seven geographic district seats.
Yet despite some hopeful signs, there's a chance that two school board incumbents will go unchallenged in November. That's not good for the school district or the incumbents themselves.
The seats up for grabs include those for District 1 (the area surrounding McClatchy High School);