RECAP: District 5 School Board Candidate Forum
8/11/2016
Guest Blogger Latasha Myers recaps the District 5 School Board candidate forums. On Monday evening, the four candidates running to serve as the next school board member for District 5 spoke about their priorities for Duval County Public Schools. Bradford Hall, Warren Jones, Brenda Jordan, and Hank Rogers engaged in a great discussion during the forum and answered many audience questions.
Read MoreRECAP: District 7 School Board Candidate Forum
8/11/2016
Guest Blogger Latasha Myers recaps the District 7 School Board candidate forums. On Tuesday evening, the six candidates running to serve as the next school board member for District 7 spoke about their priorities for Duval County Public Schools. Melody Bolduc, Stacie Dern, Lori Hershey, Greg Tison, Barbara Toscano, and John Turner answered questions from both the moderator and members of the audience.
Read MoreDuval County School Board candidate forums take place Monday and Tuesday!
8/4/2016
Guest blogger Latasha Myers is an intern at the Jacksonville Public Education Fund for the summer. She is working with coalition partners to make the public aware of the Duval County School Board Elections and inform the community about the candidates that are running. Duval County School Board candidate forums take place Monday and Tuesday!
Read MoreKnow before you vote: What does the school board do?
7/29/2016
Every two years, voters go to the polls to vote for members Duval County School Board. But too often, these races are overshadowed by presidential, gubernatorial, and even other, more prominent local races. That’s why we work with a coalition of nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations to raise awareness about the importance of school board elections, and to inform voters about their choices through a questionnaire and candidate forums. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions that we hear as we have been doing this over the last several election cycles.
Read More2016 School Board Elections Coalition forms to educate community
7/1/2016
Guest blogger Latasha Myers is an intern at the Jacksonville Public Education Fund for the summer. She is working with coalition partners to make the public aware of the Duval County School Board Elections and inform the community about the candidates that are running.
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