Just because the Little Rock School District may have an exemption from holding all new board elections in 2012, doesn't mean it should exercise it. Those starved for open, democratic governance of our public schools should insist that the unitary Little Rock School District follow state law and put all of its board positions on the September 2012 ballot.
Every zone in the Little Rock School District must be redrawn because the two zones which lost population are buffered from the two that grew by three that remained flat. If Little Rock does not hold all new elections, thousands of people will be represented by a board member for whom they did not have the opportunity to vote until 2014. How's that for "one person one vote?"
Unfortunately, because of inaction by the legislature, the decision on whether or not to hold all new elections rests in the hands, not of the people, but of the very incumbent board members whose seats are at stake. One can only hope that the sunshine of public opinion will move them to represent the people instead of their own self interests.
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