Clayton school board candidates forum set for Monday
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution (Original Article)
Clayton County residents will have several opportunities to question the 32 school board candidates before the July 15 primary.
The Chamber of Commerce is hosting a candidates forum Monday at 6 p.m. at the county’s Performing Arts Center on Mount Zion Parkway, Jonesboro. Candidates will give a brief overview of their qualifications before taking questions from the audience.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV will host a forum at Clayton State University on June 22 at 5 p.m. Starting Monday, citizens may submit questions for school board candidates at www.ajc.com/metro/clayton. Some of the questions will be asked at the June 22 forum.
Winnie and Will Thomas, parents of a rising Lovejoy High School senior, are also hosting three forums at the Jonesboro United Methodist Church on South Main Street. Each will start at 7 p.m.
Candidates will be given about three minutes to speak, but no questions will be taken.
“With all that’s going on in Clayton County, we wanted people to really have a chance to see what these candidates are all about,” Winnie Thomas said.
Attending the church forums will be:
• Candidates for sheriff and school board districts 2 and 3 on June 26.
• Candidates for county commission chair and commission districts 2 and 3, along with school board districts 4 and 5, on July 3.
• Candidates for district attorney, clerk of Superior Court, solicitor general and school board districts 6, 7 and 8 on July 10.
Superintendent John Thompson also will take questions from parents Saturday about the district’s progress in saving its accreditation. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools gave Clayton until Sept. 1 to meet nine mandates or lose accreditation.
The superintendent’s forum American Express Platinum will be held at 10 a.m. at Lovejoy High School.