GOOD MOVE, FRANK: Mayor-elect Jackson does the smart thing... and does it promptly. An excellent sign.

Now let's see if the School Board members who wanted to keep the job can start doing it. It would be helpful for Jackson to lay out publicly what he expects from them in the next two years. It would also be helpful if the Board members started acting like a real, open, accountable public body. One small step: Tell the staff to post the District's most recent audited financials and the minutes of each Board meeting on the District's website. Another small step: A public email address for each Board member.

Incidentally, School Board members are paid almost nothing. This is probably a mistake, but it's what we've got, and I'm sure it makes it very difficult for them to commit the time that the job really requires. An open discussion of this problem wouldn't hurt.