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Sumner County School Board District 10

The Sumner Cunty School Board consists of 11 individual members who exercise their authority over school system affairs only as they vote at official meetings. Six members must be in attendance for the Board to hold an official meeting. A simple majority vote of the Board s total membership is required to approve most matters.Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the third Tuesday night of each month at 6 P.M. in the Board Meeting Room of the Education Central Office, located at 695 East Main Street in Gallatin.For the 2024 election year, all even districts are being elected, as well as, district 9 which has an off year election due to the death of a school board member.

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    Penny Barnes
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

What is the most important issue to you in this race and what is your position?

How will you work with all the stakeholders in the county so we can move forward in the same direction?

How strongly do you support having publicly funded charter schools in Sumner County?

How strongly do you support pay increases for staff and other measures to retain high quality employees?

How strongly do you support teaching diversity and having materials available for a diverse population?

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