Rebuilding the community’s trust remains a common theme among the candidates running for the Springfield school board.
The 12 candidates competing for seven seats held a second forum Thursday night, and many stated the need to prove to the community that the board could be a good steward of tax dollars.
School board president Susan White says that process will begin with selecting a new superintendent who can set reasonable spending priorities for the next few years.
But board member Scott McFarland says the bigger issue is for the board itself to resolve its internal conflicts and work better together.
