Savannah Election Candidates

Wants to reduce standardized testing so that teachers can focus on teaching, rather than test prep.

Wants to adopt a budget that pays teachers a rate on par with similarly educated professionals.

Supports involving teachers in the Board, including using district-wide, anonymous surveys for teachers and scheduling board meetings at times when teachers can reasonably attend them.

Wants to provide more detailed reports on teacher recruitment and retention.

- Wants to reduce standardized testing so that teachers can focus on teaching, rather than test prep.
- Wants to adopt a budget that pays teachers a rate on par with similarly educated professionals.
- Supports involving teachers in the Board, including using district-wide, anonymous surveys for teachers and scheduling board meetings at times when teachers can reasonably attend them.
- Wants to provide more detailed reports on teacher recruitment and retention.

Teacher Recruitment

Wants to "create high-quality magnet programs within low-income neighborhood schools that attract an economically diverse student body while also serving the local community."

Wants to reduce standardized testing under S.B. 362, which allows 10 school districts the opportunity to opt-out of the Georgia Milestones test and create their own alternative assessment system.

- Wants to "create high-quality magnet programs within low-income neighborhood schools that attract an economically diverse student body while also serving the local community."
- Wants to reduce standardized testing under S.B. 362, which allows 10 school districts the opportunity to opt-out of the Georgia Milestones test and create their own alternative assessment system.

School Curriculum

As of March 18, 2022, Tye Whitely’s website did not contain information on this issue.

College & Career Readiness

Tye Whitely

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Savannah Tribune

As of March 18, 2022, Roger Moss’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wants to promote school choice, including the choice to attend a Charter school.

Wants to "Ensure that every student receives the best possible education, regardless of their zip code."

- Wants to promote school choice, including the choice to attend a Charter school.
- Wants to "Ensure that every student receives the best possible education, regardless of their zip code."

Wants to "Empower students through higher education." He provided no further information about this topic.

- Wants to "Empower students through higher education." He provided no further information about this topic.

Roger Moss

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Wants to build "relationships between school teachers and the community." He provided no further information on this topic.

- Wants to build "relationships between school teachers and the community." He provided no further information on this topic.

As of March 18, 2022, Todd A Rhodes’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Todd A Rhodes

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- In addition to the typical responsibilities of a Board of Education Member, a Board of Education President also oversees meetings, moderates board panels, and makes sure progress is made toward the Board’s overall goals.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.