Thinking About Serving on Your School Board?

The Power of Local Governance in Education

The voters in each local district elect a school board to serve as trustees on their behalf—both to assure high quality education and to assure that voters receive an excellent return on investment.

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School boards create the vision for education, establish policy for the district, hire a superintendent, approve the budget for presentation to voters, and monitor student performance, district policies, and finances. Board members engage the community in their work. Put simply—the board sets the direction, hires competent administrators, and provides high level oversight to assure high performance and accountability.

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These are exciting and challenging times for the almost 900 public school board members in Vermont. Schools are being required to provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, many of them driven by the difficult societal problems, and by trends in reduced student enrollment. At the same time, we have unprecedented opportunity for improvement of equitable educational outcomes. Communities deserve creative, focused, results-oriented board members.

Are you interested in learning more about becoming a School Board member? Click here to visit the VT School Boards Association (VSBA)’s website.