chapter 11 how are schools goverened

Outside of the teacher position I would like to be a school board member. It would be an excellent opportunity to experience how decisions are taken place and implement new ideas that as a teacher I have. Also to represent the students and their parents best interests. School board members have the reputation of being more concerned about politics and representing special interest groups than  representing the community but I don't think all of them are like that, there are school boards that actually work together with superintendents for the best interest of the students. Is understandable that with power and with the pressure from different groups (teachers,parents,principals) the job a board member can be seen as being favoritism, but I think that when school board members have teaching experience they should never forget that their most important concern in making decisions should always be the students.