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League of Women's Voters Candidate Forum for the Board of Education Candidates

When: Thursday, May 16, 2013
Time: 7 pm
Where: Isaac E. Young Middle School

LWV Candidate Forum for Contested School Board Seat Thursday, May 16, 7-8 pm at Isaac Young Middle School

The League of Women Voters of New Rochelle will sponsor a Candidates Forum for a vacant Board of Education seat on Thursday, May 16, from 7 to 8 pm at the Isaac Young Middle School, 270 Centre Ave, at Pelham Road. The winner will replace Mary Jane Reddington, a 30-year trustee who is not running for re-election. The nine board members serve 5-year terms.

The two candidates for the vacant seat are Robert Cox and Pamela Davis. The public is invited to come prepared with questions. The forum will be conducted by an experienced League moderator from out of the area.

The forum will be videotaped and shown during the days before the May 21 election on New Rochelle’s Education Channels, Cablevision Channel 77 and Verizon Channel 78.

In addition to the contested seat, two incumbents of the New Rochelle Public Library Board are running for re-election unopposed. The school district and library budgets will also be on the ballot. Budget information is available on the school and library websites, www.nred.org and www.nrpl.org.

For further information call 715-3916.

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Board of Education Election is Tuesday, May 21.

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