[Danville Blue Devil]

Aren't they popularly elected positions?

They are. In the November 2022 election five candidates ran for five board seats. Often these are uncontested elections with one candidate per open seat. Of the five that ran and were elected, two have already resigned. One moved out of the district. One resigned in frustration around the recent superintendent hiring process. Both could have really helped the school system as members of the board. Prior to them, three others recently resigned to move to other areas. At this point many people that care live outside of the boundaries of the school district so cannot run for the board. Others know it will take years of improvement that’s likely not to come and therefore conclude in their children’s interest to enroll them at Boyle. You’ll need three like minded candidates to be elected to effect much change. One person alone won’t make headway with the current school board members. It has been quite the soap opera. Too much to attempt to explain here. It’s more complicated than just vote them out because there just isn’t a field of candidates to choose from. You’re lucky to have one, maybe a field of two. A lot of alumni that care don’t even live in the state, certainly not within the school district. It feels hopeless.