There are over 81,000 elected school board members in the United States. They oversee almost 14,000 public school districts and manage over $800 billion in public funding.
With Public School Strong, you can learn how to make a local impact with your school board, organize, and build democratic power in your community and state capital.
Get started today by adding the next school board meeting to your calendar. Families, students and educators want honest, equitable, fully funded public education, and we want our public schools to support the needs of all of our students. It’s up to everyday people like us to learn about the work of school boards to make that happen. That starts by showing up.
Not sure when meetings happen? You can search for the date of your school district’s next board meeting. Meeting dates and rules are available online for the public.
Invite two people to join you at the school board meeting. Making a local impact starts with just a few people taking action. Share details about the next meeting to two of your neighbors, friends, or colleagues and invite them to join you.
We encourage you all to wear your Public School Strong t-shirts to meetings! Don’t have a Public School Strong t-shirt? Join the next organizing meeting to make your commitment and have a t-shirt mailed to you.
Keep your community informed about upcoming elections. Despite the immense responsibility of school boards, voter turnout for school board elections is shockingly low with just 5 – 10 % of voters showing up to vote for local school board seats. This means only a small group of voters repeatedly decides who will represent their interests in our local public schools.
Want to make a greater impact? Visit healtowin.org to learn how you can support a candidate in running for school board.