Becoming a school board member and board president was never on the proverbial radar screen for me when I began my career as a university faculty member and administrator in the early 1980s. In fact, prior to becoming a school board member, I had never attended a school board meeting, knew very little about public school governance and structure, and was blissfully content in my ignorance. ACCESS FULL MANUSCRIPT HERE: http://cnx.org/content/m13819/latest/
