School board members have thankless jobs. They volunteer the time spent at meetings, talking to district residents and studying issues confronting their schools. They face extremely difficult decisions. The Roseburg School Board is likely dealing with its most daunting decision yet — whether to close one of its nine elementary schools as a way to address a funding shortfall amid decreasing enrollment. It appeared the board had decided to close a school. It just didn’t know which one, but four were possibilities. Testimony offered at a forum last Wednesday night gave the board jitters. Impassioned pleas from elementary school students …