Greenwich High School To Host Student-Run Debate With First Selectman Candidates

GREENWICH, CT — The League of Women Voters of Greenwich will partner with Greenwich High School on Nov. 2 for a student-run debate with candidates for first selectman.

The debate will go from 10:26 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and feature Republican First Selectman Fred Camillo and Democratic challenger Laura Erickson.

The debate will run in accordance with the high school's block schedule. Parents and the public will not be included in the event.

There will be three student moderators: Owen Beninson, Thomas Stowe, and Niels-Laurens Fischer; they were selected by their peers to moderate the debate.

While the students compose the questions and act as timers, the student moderators select the actual questions to be used in the debate. The student moderators will not take questions from the audience.

Each candidate will have their own microphone at a table with a podium in the middle. A toss will determine who speaks first. Each candidate will have one minute to respond to a question, and then 30 seconds each after the first minute response should a candidate wish to follow up or rebut. When finished with a question, a new question will be answered first by the other candidate.

The election will be held on Nov. 7.