School board

One of my e-mails this morning was from School Board Chairman Beverly Slough. She forwarded an e-mail she received from PACT Prevention Coalition of St. Johns County Coordinator Julia Kelly. Both women are concerned about an article and poll in Parade magazine related to a movement to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18 that is gaining momentum.

During the Vietnam War, many states lowered drinking the drinking age to 18 because the popular sentiment at the time was that if an 18-year-old was old enough to fight for his country, he should old enough to buy a beer. 

 St. Johns County School Board Chairwoman Beverly Slough and community and school activist Kim Kendall submitted letters publicly this week about the issue of whether to elect School Board members by single member district, as is done now, or at-large, as was the case prior to 1986.

The County Commission has proposed shifting the county to a charter form of government. One of the changes being considered is to change how school board members are elected.