08/13/2026
Vote No on the School Board Superintendent Referendum
"The biggest misconception (that voters may have about this referendum) is that electing the superintendent increases accountability. It does the opposite. An elected superintendent answers to no one between elections except the governor, who alone holds the power to suspend an elected official. An appointed superintendent, by contrast, cannot be suspended by the governor at all and answers continuously to five locally elected Board members who can act with three votes. The second misconception is that this vote is about any particular person. It is about the structure of the office, which will outlast every individual who holds it." - LWVPBA Education Committee