benson to school board

Arthur Benson II, who fought desegregation in the Kansas City School District all the way to the Supreme Court and LOST (but first he WON in the lower courts), has been elected to the school board. Benson, who ran as a write-in candidate after no one filed for the spot, was convinced by his friends to run. Apparently Arthur's myspace page has a few friends. 379 to be exact, which is the number needed to win this election.

We need people to care about our schools, who are willing to devote the time to work on this issue. Arthur will do this. For years the board has suffered from infighting, neglect, and harping that's turned the Superintendent's position into a revolving door of inaction and inefficiency. Time to stop and get constructive with the solutions.

elsewhere:
benson profile
supreme vacate kcmo school district ruling