While almost every school district in the state including ALL the neighboring districts have posted school board election information on their websites, ours hasn't. Dr. Fredisdorf is perfectly happy with the current board of education puppets and does not want to encourage anyone to run.
But, because the Pleasantdale School Blog Team believes in open government and community involvement, we decided to post the information on our blog so you don't have to call all over begging for it. Good luck to whoever decides to run, but make sure that strings can be attached to your back.
We found this on LaGrange District 105's website and made changes applicable to 107:
Three seats on the Pleasantdale School District 107 seven-member Board of Education will be filled at the April 5, 2011 Consolidated Election. The filing period is December 13, 2010 to December 20, 2010. Circulation of nominating petitions can start on September 21, 2010. Anyone interested in running for the Board can obtain an election packet from us kind folks here on the blog. Just email us at pleasantdaleschoolblog at gmail.com and one will be provided.
Interested parties may also go to www.elections.state.il.us or www.iasb.com/elections for more information.
We got this info from the kind folks over in LaGrange School District 102:
April 2011 School Board Elections
School District 107 has a seven-member Board of Education that is elected by voters in the district. In April 2011, the terms of three current members will expire. Three members will be elected for four-year terms.
The qualifications are:
1. Citizen of the United States.
2. Age 18 or over.
3. A resident of Illinois and School District 107 for at least one year immediately preceding election.
4. A registered voter.
The Illinois Association of School Boards has information available about the work school boards do. The following list of characteristics of a good board member is taken from their publication Your School Board and You. (The comments in parentheses are based on observations from sitting in board meetings for the last three years.)
1. Ability to work as a team with an open mind. (Not necessary in 107.)
2. Ability to spend the time necessary to become informed on issues related to the district and education. (No need for this either. The superintendent will call you right before the meeting and tell you all you need to know and how to vote.)
3. Desire to serve children and the community with a strong belief in the value of public education. (This would certainly be nice, wouldn't it? But, again, not necessary in 107.)
4. Respect for others. (Don't worry about it. Definitely never practiced in 107.)
5. Understand that the district is probably the largest business in the area and the Board is responsible for seeing it is run by highly skilled professionals. (That's stretching it...more like puppets.)
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