Few Show for First District 202 Candidates Debate

Evanston Now reported that less than 50 people showed up for the first public forum held ahead of the Evanston Township High School District 202 board of education election.

Sponsored jointly by the League of Women Voters of Evanston, Evanston/Skokie PTA Council and ETHS Parents Engaged, five candidates - incumbents Mark Metz and Jonathan Baum and newcomers Anne Sills, Adrian Dortch and Monique Parsons - discussed current issues regarding the district. Voters on April 7 will have to choose three of the five to be on the board.

“The message of all five was that they intend to maintain the school as one of the top high schools in the nation and that they are all focused on closing the perennial achievement gap between white students and African-American and Hispanic students,” according to the Evanston Now report.

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