The PTA Council School Board Candidate Forum is tonight at the New Rochelle High School Library.
Apparently the PTA has limited resources to promote this public event outside of the PTA membership so we are going to lend a hand and mention it here and ask folks to email this article around to their friend so that the entire community is aware of this public event. I am sure they want as much voter participation possible. Come support your favorite candidate.
The forum will also be televised and available on the NRED website.
The only people asking questions at the forum will be representatives of SEPTA and each of the PTA units.
The format is as follows:
2 minutes for welcome
1 minute for each school board candidate to make an opening statement
11 questions from PTA units with each candidate having the opportunity to make a 1 minute response
2 minutes for each school board candidate to make a closing statement.
See you there!
What happened to Isaac E. Young question?
Noticeably absent from last night’s forum was a question from Isaac E. Young Middle School. Issac is of course at the center of the Jose Martinez case. Although the topic of the Jose Martinez case came up several times during the forum, the was no question from the Isaac PTA.
We have also heard that the Isaac PTA did not publicly state a position in support the school budget. Trinity and Isaac were the only two schools in the district to not state a position on budget. It does not reflect positively on a school principal to be unable to deliver a yes vote on the school budget from their PTA. This is the first time in fifteen years that we have observed this. These two schools are the two largest schools in South End of New Rochelle and make up more than have of the student population.