But Don't More People Actually Vote For the Mayor Than School Board?

Wrong again. Mayoral candidates are far better funded and publicized than school board candidate, true. And state and federal elections draw larger turnouts than local ones. Perhaps state and federal officials should appoint local officials? All that aside, EVERY time a school board primary and Mayoral primary were held the same day in Rochester (1989, 1993, 2005) the leading school board candidate drew more votes than the leading Mayoral candidate. Look it up. So much for yet another lame political argument advanced by people who can't make the case for Mayoral Control on educational grounds, and can't get their facts straight in any case.