School Board Candidate Forums Planned In 3 Districts

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maryland’s transition from governor-appointed to elected boards of education begins this November, giving Anne Arundel County voters more say in the county’s public school system. To help county residents make decisions at the polls, Take Action Anne Arundel County says it is spearheading candidate forums in Districts 4, 5, and 7 in mid-October.

“The challenges facing the school board are both immense and complex,” said Lynne Davis, leader of the coordinating team, in a news release. “By holding district-level forums, the two candidates will be able to go into more depth, provide more detail, and give their constituents greater insights into how they will serve.”

To ensure that forum moderators ask questions about issues of concern to the district residents, the coordinating team is collecting information through an online questionnaire, which is open through Friday, Oct. 5. The submissions will be used to create the final questions for each forum.

The candidate forums will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and the date and location of each forum is:

• District 4: October 10, The Village Commons Community Room, Gambrills
• District 5: October 15, The Cape St. Claire Clubhouse
• District 7: October 16, American Legion Post, Edgewater

For more information about each candidate, as well as details about each forum, visit TakeActionAAC.com. Additional information and any updates will be included on the website before the forums. The coordinating team includes residents from across the county and across the political spectrum who have set politics aside in the interest of this issue, the organizers say.

The group's website describes it as "a grassroots, progressive organization that fights for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice in our county and beyond. We support and encourage progressive candidates and legislation; we work to involve the people of our county in the legislative process, and we help the people of Anne Arundel County find and use their voice."

Take Action AAC meets at the Edgewater Community Library at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. The agenda of each month's meeting depends on current events.

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