School boards at risk.

• Author: Solomon, Howard
• Position: WE HEAR YOU - Letter to the editor

I am now two meetings into a four-year term as a school board member. While I believe myself to be a person of good will, the school boards are clearly ripe for a CRPE takeover (June issue). People do not vote and candidates do not register for school board elections. In my own election, I was one of only two candidates whose name appeared on the ballot for four open positions. Five additional candidates declared themselves candidates by registering as write-in candidates. The turnout for the election...