Pinkston, Miller set for school board showdown
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| Will Pinkston |
The Tennessean - The highly anticipated election showdown between outspoken Metro
school board member Will Pinkston and challenger Jackson Miller is set.
Pinkston, a
lightning rod on the board and vocal critic of charter schools,
announced on Monday he plans to run for re-election in August for the
South Nashville-area District 7 seat.
Less than two hours later,
Miller — a small-business owner, Pinkston rival and past co-chairman of
the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's Education Report Card — issued a
media advisory confirming he will challenge Pinkston. (
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| Jackson Miller |
Pinkston’s Challenger Positions Himself As Uniter In Nashville School Board Race
by Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio - Metro Schools parent Jackson Miller says he will run for the board of
education, with a formal announcement planned for Tuesday afternoon. He
will challenge the panel’s most vocal member, saying Will Pinkston has
led to dischord on the nine-member panel and within the central office. .... Charter school advocates appear to be galvanizing around Miller, who once worked at Maya Angelou Schools, a charter organization in Washington D.C. .... There's a fundamental difference between Miller and Pinkston, and both
agree. Miller says he welcomes experimentation and small-scale reforms
while Pinkston says he prefers universal, district-wide initiatives that
might help every student.
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