Friday, April 1, 2016

PEA Holds Candidates' Forum Wednesday

The Plainfield Education Association
is sponsoring a
Board of Education Candidates' Forum
Wednesday, April 6
at 6:30  p.m.
in the Hubbard School auditorium
661 W. Eighth St.

A flier for the event encourages attendees to reserve seats with an RSVP to peacommunications@gmail.com by Monday. As listed on the flier, forum topics include:
- Influx of charter schools
- Overcrowded classrooms and schools
- Union contracts & privatization
- School governance & policies
- School safety
... and more.

Hubbard School is located at 661 West Eighth Street.

The meeting is open to the public. Candidates for the April 19 school board election are incumbents Wilma Campbell and Frederick Moore Sr.; James Plummer; Lynn B. Anderson; Dorien Hurtt; Carmencita Pile; Alice F. Horton-Mays; and Jackie Coley.

Polls will be open from 2 to 9 p.m. on April 19. The school board election was held in conjunction with the November general election from 2012 through 2015, but was changed back to April by the school board just after the November 2015 election.

--Bernice

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