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Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 3068
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 9:23 am: |     |
The candidate forum at DeHart last night was very informative. There seems to be a good group of people running this year.
Does anybody out there know the details about the rebroadcast of the tape of this forum, and of upcoming candidate nights? |
jem
Citizen
Username: Jem
Post Number: 936
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 11:32 am: | |
No info at all about rebroadcast here, but I do know that the League of Women Voters debate is scheduled for April 8th, downstairs at the main branch of the Maplewood Library, and I think the Presidents' Council debate will be on April 15th at MMS. |
Andrew Zorn
Citizen
Username: Andrewzorn
Post Number: 138
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 3:52 pm: | |
jem,
Your dates are correct for the upcoming forums but the Presidents' Council event will be held at South Orange Middle School. |
jem
Citizen
Username: Jem
Post Number: 937
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 4:03 pm: | |
oops - sorry. Thanks for the correction. |
William Ralph Gifford III
Citizen
Username: Williamgif
Post Number: 8
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 12:43 am: | |
Hello, my name is William Gifford. I am a senior at Columbia High School and I am running for the Board Of Education. As another year passes, Columbia High School seems to be falling apart quicker and quicker. Our public education needs more support and more funding. More than ever we need our community to support the public schools.
As a student in Columbia, I am very knowledgeable of the problems that our schools face. Everyday I walk the hallways and I hear the hardships of the janitors who have to pay for there own supplies and I see the students who hesitate to read aloud in class, because sadly they can’t. I see the low level classes filled with black students and I see the high level classes filled with white students. We need to make changes!
First we must admit that Columbia High School is not the school it was years ago. Right now the district is trying to maintain educational excellence, when we really need to be making changes so that we can achieve it. For years Columbia has been known for its variety of choices for students: now elective classes are being cut by the dozen. We need to restore the privilege of choice to the students of our district.
As a candidate for the Board of Education, I want to work harder on closing the achievement gap in the district. Not enough is being done to solve this problem. Also, I want to restore Maplewood and South Orange’s reputation for having excellent public schools. To do this we will need greater support from the larger community so that the needs of our schools are adequately funded.
If elected I promise to work hard on the issues and gain the support of a community so all children are given the chance to succeed. On APRIL 20th VOTE WILLIAM GIFFORD FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Yours,
William Gifford
If you have any questions please contact me at Qsociety@hotmail.com
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Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 3098
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 8:54 pm: | |
Whether one agrees or disagrees with Mr. Gifford, it's good to see a candidate getting his ideas out in a public forum.
Jem and Andrew:
Are you saying that the League of Women Voters debate is scheduled for April 8th, downstairs at the main branch of the Maplewood Library, and the Presidents' Council debate will be on April 15th at South Orange Middle School?
Okay, so this is a "bump" ... |
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