In lieu of our normal April meeting, the Douglas Park Civic Association and co-sponsors Arlington Heights Civic Association, Columbia Heights West Civic Association and Barcroft School and Civic League, will conduct a School Board Candidates’ Forum on Tuesday evening, 22 April 2014 at 7.30 pm in room 527A/B of the Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South Dinwiddie Street. Three candidates vying to fill the seat of retiring member Sally Baird on the Arlington School Board—Greg Greeley, Barbara Kanninen and Nancy Van Doren—will join us to talk about how their vision for Arlington schools will support South Arlington students. The forum will also feature questions from Pike Neighborhoods civic associations and an opportunity for questions from the audience attending the forum.
The general format of the forum will be as follows:
- Call to order
- Introductions
- Opening Statements (2 min per candidate)
- Questions from Pike Civic Associations (approximately ½ hour)
- Questions from the floor (approximately 1 hour)
- Closing statements (2 min per candidate)
The evening should conclude around 9.45 pm.
The sponsoring civic associations would like to note that this is a nonpartisan event. We respectfully ask for no applause, cheering, jeering or other verbal replies by audience members in response to candidate statements. Applause for all participants should be held to the end of the evening. Mobile phones should be turned off or silenced for the duration of the forum.
Please make plans to attend this informative event.
This month’s newsletter is available here.
