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The Board of the Clear Creek Independent School District meets monthly on the fourth Monday in the Education Center at 2425 East Main St. in League City. Photo Credit - Marilyn Clark, League City Area News Online.

Running for school board

An Interview with School Board President Bob Davee - Question 1 of 4

By Marilyn Clark, League City Area News Online
February 14, 2006

Why did you run for school board? I ran for school board because I have two children in the system and I am a taxpayer. I had been following school district issues for some time, had concerns about some issues and received outside encouragement to run for the position.

Running for School Board

By Marilyn Clark, League City Area News Online
February 15, 2006

What are the qualities of an effective school board member?

As for qualities, different board members bring different perspectives to the board, which is healthy, but patience and the ability to listen to and work through problems is critical. Preconceived agendas and an inability to consider all aspects of issues can be dangerous and lead to gridlock, paralysis and infighting. The issues involved are complex enough in and of themselves.

Running for School Board

An Interview with School Board President Bob Davee - Question 3 of 4

By Marilyn Clark, League City Area News Online
February 16, 2006

What is the role of a school board member?
The school board and the school board members are primarily broad policy makers. As elected representatives of a public institution, they should be taking a long term view of the needs of the District and considering the broader interests of all of the stakeholders: students, teachers, parents, taxpayers and the community at large.

School board members appropriately exercise that policy making power through broad oversight and the approval of budgets and the hiring of the superintendent. The superintendent and her staff, right on down to the individual principals and teachers, are responsible for the day to day operations of the schools and activities on the campus and in the classroom — as they are the professional educators.

Running for School Board

An Interview with School Board President Bob Davee - Question 4 of 4

By Marilyn Clark, League City Area News Online
February 17, 2006

Is there anything else you think I should know?
Anyone thinking about running needs to consider the challenges that public education now faces and that CCISD does as well. Right now, the state legislature is under an order from the state supreme court upholding a district judge's determination that the current school funding scheme creates an unconstitutional statewide property tax. That now unconstitutional scheme creates and overreliance on local property taxes to fund schools and effectively deprives local school districts of local control over property tax rates. The legislature is supposed to have a new funding scheme in place by June 1st.

Not only will there likely be a new funding scheme to deal with, a new board member is going to have to deal with the most difficult issue for CCISD: the increase in students and corresponding demand for more classrooms as the District goes from over 35,000 students to a projected 52,000 in the next 14 years. The majority of those new students will also be in League City.

Photo credit: Board President Robert A. Davee - CCISD

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