In order to educate the community prior to the District 15 Board of
Education election on April 7th, the Northwest Suburban Council of PTA/PTSAs sponsored
a Candidate Forum on Wednesday, March 18th at Sundling
Junior High.
FORUM OPENING REMARKS/CANDIDATE SELF INTRODUCTIONS - (22 minutes)
Q1: What do you think are the two most important needs
or issues facing the district?
How would you address these two issues that you have identified? -
(8 minutes)
Q2: When do you anticipate the district
will call for a referendum? What does the district have to do now
in order for that referendum to pass? - (7 minutes)
Q3: As an elected representative, do you pledge to
always, to the best of your ability, treat members of the public with
courtesy and respect even if the public member does not behave that way
toward you or your fellow Board members? How would you improve
communication between the school board and the public? -
(8 minutes)
Q4: What
is your understanding of merit pay compensation and would you support
that in the upcoming teacher contract negotiations? - (7
minutes)
Q5: What can the school board do to better schedule the
necessary and sometimes urgent maintenance and repairs so that the
school environment is safe and conducive to learning for our students in
all district schools? - (7 1/2 minutes)
Q6: How do you feel about a pay freeze of one year for
all District 15 employees? - (6 min.)
Q7: How would you increase the technology budget and
maintain a balanced budget? Where would you find more money for
technology? - (7 minutes)
Q8: Share your thoughts in teaching Spanish in
elementary school especially in schools with a huge Hispanic community?
- (6 1/2 minutes)
Q9: Is it appropriate for any candidate to accept
campaign donations of any kind from employee groups, unions or their
political organizations? Have you ever accepted these types of
donations from any employee group? - (3 1/2 minutes)
