According to the Statesville Record and Landmark there will be a forum for School Board Candidates on Tuesday, April 13th, from 7:45 to 9:00 p.m., at Little Joe’s Chapel in Barium Springs. The local Chambers of Commerce and various media outlets are sponsoring the forum. It will follow the forum for the Iredell County Sheriff candidates.
Please note that the initial information printed in the April 4th edition of Record and Landmark, as well as posted on their web site, includes some incorrect information. Contrary to the information provided by the Record and Landmark, there is no primary for the School Board elections and there is no School Board election in November. The May 4th election is the general election for the School Board. In both District 1 and District 7, the candidate with the most votes wins the election. As I reported earlier, no one filed to run against John Rogers (District 3) or Bill Brater (District 5) so they will continue to serve on the School Board.
According to the Record and Landmark, if you have a question that you would like to be asked of one or more of the candidates at the forum, you may e-mail your question to dibach@statesville.com with a subject line of ‘Candidate Question.’ It is also reported that due to limited time, not all questions will be asked.
I would like to know why Karen Watson has been allowed to continue to serve on the board since she has moved out of district.
ReplyDeleteI looked through the ISS policy available on the school's web site and I could not find any policy that states that a Board Member must resign if he or she moves out of district. Of course, a member could choose to resign or could be asked to resign.
ReplyDeletedid anyone go to the forum last night?
ReplyDeleteI was not able to go to the forum but I did watch the video. It is available on the Record and Landmark web site. I was not impressed with the responses of the candidates. I was hoping to hear more about encouraging students and supporting teachers.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really impressed with them either but its good to see some competition in at least some of the districts!
ReplyDeletethere are letters to the editor in todays R&L from the two candidates for district 1. just fyi. didn't read them yet.
ReplyDeletewell WHO is GOING TO WIN on TUESDAY?
ReplyDeleteI hope that we have two new School Board members tomorrow night. As the April 19th commenter mentioned above the Record & Landmark posted letters from the two candidates running in District 1. Based on the information in those letters and Kenneth Wilson's past actions on the School Board, I would vote for Bryan Shoemaker if I could. I was hoping that the paper would also publish information about or from the candidates running in District 7. I cannot vote in that election either but I would like to know more about the candidates.
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