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Kristin has a Bachelor's degree in Communication and a Master's degree in Interpersonal Communication from Bowling Green State University. She also has a Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma. She lives with her husband and son.

Kristin is a professor. She has worked at Radford University and George Washington University.

Kristin F. Ball's campaign for school board member is her first entry into politics.

Supports "keeping weapons and drugs off campus."

- Supports "keeping weapons and drugs off campus."

School Violence

Annandale Today, School board candidates outline their priorities at a Republican event

Wants to "focus on the fundamentals...reading, writing, and arithmetic."

Says “parents have the right to educate children the way they want.”

Says the top priority should be academic excellence.

- Wants to "focus on the fundamentals...reading, writing, and arithmetic."
- Says “parents have the right to educate children the way they want.”
- Says the top priority should be academic excellence.

School Curriculum

Wants research into how school funding is spent.

- Wants research into how school funding is spent.

School System Budget

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Kristin F. Ball

- The school board runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the county government. 
- School board members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day. 
- Some school board members are elected by the entire city, while others represent specific districts. 
- School board members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.