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School Board Quotes

I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city. Bob Filner
Mark Twain quote: "In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice...."
In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards. Mark Twain
Because everybody on the school board, and the railroad, and the PTA and paper mill had to be somebody’s mother or father, whether really or as a member of a category; and there was a point at which the reflex to their covering warmth, protection, effectiveness against bad dreams, bruised heads and simple loneliness took over and made worthwhile anger with them impossible. Thomas Pynchon
James Payn quote: "Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the..."
Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards. James Payn
Mark Twain quote: "God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School..."
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice...."
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. Mark Twain
The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board. James S. Coleman
That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty. Richard Lugar
But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions. Mark Kennedy
At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. Mark Kennedy
Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board. Jello Biafra
Birch Bayh quote: "Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the..."
Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the country. Birch Bayh
But if you really want to get involved in making a difference, you can stay at home with your family and have a job and make a reasonable living without having to be on an airplane all of the time, then you ought to go back home and run for School Board. Birch Bayh
Julian Casablancas quote: "Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an..."
Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money. Julian Casablancas
I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight. Chris Hughes

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