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After learning in February that the Clay County school board planned to raise salaries 1.5%, the group urged supporters to call school-board officials and attend the meeting where the raise was to be considered.

Tea Party Heads to School Jennifer Levitz 2011

“I would rather have a thousand school-board members,” Ralph Reed once said, “than one president and no school-board members”.

Lance Mannion: 2010

This could enable Mr. Bobb to void union contracts, sideline elected school-board members, close schools and authorize charter schools

Detroit Moves Against Unions Matthew Dolan 2011

"To my Democratic friends in the room, I say to you and myself, the days of avoidance are over," St. Cloud school-board member Bruce Mohs said.

Frustration Bubbles Up in Minnesota Amy Merrick 2011

Plus, you have the most opportunities for corruption because of the unique nature of the New Jersey government system, that has layer upon layer of government, from local sewerage and school-board entities to city council to counties to improvement agencies to economic development agencies, to state boards, state commissions, state colleges, subordinate entities.

Going Inside a 'Jersey Sting' Lisa Fleisher 2011

Now, amid school-board elections and local budgeting, they are starting to see results—and resistance.

Tea Party Heads to School Jennifer Levitz 2011

POLITICAL SCIENCE The First Shall Be First About 10% of city-council and school-board officials elected in recent years in California owe their jobs to being listed first on the ballot, a study finds.

Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea 2012

Mr. Suttle is the latest in a growing list of mayors, school-board officials and city-council members across the country targeted for recall by voters angered by a toxic brew of tax increases and service cuts.

Angry Voters Lead Drive for Recall Elections Douglas Belkin 2011

In school-board elections in early April, none of the candidates endorsed by the Rockford Tea Party won, while two of three candidates endorsed by the teachers' union did—even though the tea party's pre-election media blitz linked property taxes to teacher pay the party said was exorbitant.

Tea Party Heads to School Jennifer Levitz 2011

“I would rather have a thousand school-board members,” Ralph Reed once said, “than one president and no school-board members”.

Thomas Jefferson fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho 2010