The Metro School board election could drastically change not only the make-up of the board, but the future for charter schools as well.
There are nine seats on the school board, five of them are up for grabs and of those seats a handful of candidates have vocally said they support charter schools.
However, on Wednesday a group filed a complaint saying an out of town PAC committee has pushed a lot of money into supporting those candidates.
"It worries me when you're advocating for 'charter friendly' candidates. So are they then just loyal to those charters and are they only going to focus their energy and support to the charter schools and leave everybody else to fend for themselves? That concerns me," said Chelle Baldwin.
The role of outside money has played an important part in this campaign, but it's not the first time. In 2012 talk of charter schools and funding for candidates was in the spot light.
This year, however a pro-charter PAC, Stand for Children, has spent more than $200,000 in these races, reportedly supporting pro charter candidates.
A group has asked the District Attorney's office to look into whether those donations violated campaign finance laws.
If the pro-charter candidates are successful experts said it could open the door to more charters in Metro Schools, and then there's the fact we have a new school director.
"Of course you've got a new director who, when he talked to me on Inside Politics a couple weeks ago, said he was going to try and keep an open mind about all this. I believe there will be
