Reminder of School Board Candidate Forums

Update: there is another Saturday School Board candidate forum.

Squire Park Community Council Quarterly with Seattle School Board Candidates from 10 am thru non at Centerstone, 722 18th Avenue.

Note: this is a meeting and the candidate forum starts around 10:30ish.  

End of update

The other is on Saturday.  It's the Vietnamese American Community of Seattle‏ event from 11 am to 1 pm at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center at 3515 South Alaska Street.  This looks like a full event of City Council, ballot measures and School Board candidates.   The Board candidates look to be starting at 12:15 pm. This looks like more of a discussion than an actual debate.

Also to note for tomorrow, Sat the 10th, Director Carr is having a Community meeting from 8:30-10am at the Hearthstone on Green Lake.  (There was one parent at the Board meeting who, in giving her testimony, was shouting and practically hyperventilating at the podium.  She promised to be at Carr's meeting so it could be interesting.)

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Anonymous said…
Seattle City Council candidates will be at Nathan Hale tonight from 7-9PM. Candidates for districts 5, 8 and 9.

HP
10/8/15, 5:05 PM
Anonymous said…
There is also an school board candidate forum on Monday, Oct 12th from 7:30 - 9:00 PM in the Eckstein auditorium.

~FYI
10/8/15, 9:13 PM
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