In 2018, the county's civil grand jury called out an "unusually high" turnover rate of five different superintendents in 11 years, and suggested making the office an elected one.
Megan Gray, parent of a third grader in the Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District, said taxpayers expect open and transparent hiring processes with robust community engagement. She said elections are one way to do that.
Concerns over financial mismanagement, program cuts and school closures fueled the resignations - and firings - of superintendents helming school districts in East San Jose, Mountain View and Los Gatos.
Santa Clara County leaders will tackle this question come January, when they weigh letting voters choose the county superintendent instead of the Board of Education.
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