According to the Dallas Morning News this small Texas Public School District ignored the rule of law and the principles of democracy and didn't hold elections for 10 years. Then, somebody blew the whistle.
"The strange case of Sidney school district's decade-long spree without an election has never been told publicly. Even most taxpayers in Comanche County, where the district with only one school campus is situated, don't know the story.
It began with an improbable anonymous complaint to the State Auditor's office about a school district that forgot democracy. The complaint was passed on to a new special investigations unit of the Texas Education Agency.
Investigators found a complete breakdown of democracy. (Here is their official report.) When nobody wanted to challenge incumbents, elections were canceled. That's allowed, but a district and candidates must file the proper paperwork. Records are important.
Nobody on the school board knew when their terms expired. They told an investigator they kept asking Superintendent Doug Bowden, but he said he would get back to them.
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