Last night, the website and in today’s print edition of the Big Metal Shed on the Hill is this story about a candidate for Knox County School Board, Sixth District. A couple weeks ago Sandra Rowcliffe picked up a petition to run for School Board. The petition was returned to the Election Commission yesterday. The withdrawal deadline is February 27, 2014, if she desires.

When you read the article there is detail of bodily harm to another person by Rowcliffe. Not rumor, not an allegation but a court vetted detail of bodily injury. When serving as a member of the school board it should be a person worthy of role model status in the community. As reviews of a recent speech to the school board indicates, Rowcliffe advocated corporal punishment. It seems a school board member should be able to pass a background check similar to a school employee. I am not confident that a prospective employee with a court vetted allegation of bodily harm would pass the check to be a school employee.

Other candidates in District Six are Terry Hill, Brad Buchanan, Ronald Hennen and Tamara Shepherd.