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The following is taken, verbatim, from the
Illinois Association of School Boards website.

What a School Board Is

"The local school board grew out of the town meeting, dating back more than 200 years to the original Thirteen Colonies. Times have changed, but the basic function of school boards today remains the same: to provide local citizen control over education at a point as close to the parent and child as possible. This means that the school board should represent the citizens of the school district — not just some of the citizens, but all of them. Because different citizens have different Ideas about schools, this responsibility always presents a challenge."

Illinois Association of School Boards website http://www.iasb.com/files/YourSchoolBoardandYou.pdf