
{"id":19585,"date":"2011-07-14T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=19585"},"modified":"2011-07-14T12:46:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:46:31","slug":"school-board-race-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/07\/14\/school-board-race-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"School board race heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Taylor Sisk<\/strong><em><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Four more candidates have filed to fill five seats on the seven-member Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. Brian Bower, Raymond Conrad and Kris Castellano are first-time candidates, while Annetta Streater is making a bid for her third term. Streater was appointed in 2006 to complete the term of a resigning board member and wasthen elected to a full term in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbents Jamezetta Bedford and Mia Burroughs and challenger James Barrett announced their intentions to run last week. Incumbent Mike Kelley has not yet announced whether he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll file for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Bower calls his campaign for the board \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a bit of a political stunt.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A Ph.D. candidate in genetics and molecular biology at UNC, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s filed to run in hopes of increasing his chances of gaining residency for in-state tuition. Bower said that he needs to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153build a body of evidence\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to prove that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a state resident, and that since only county residents are allowed to run for school board, his candidacy should improve his chances. <\/p>\n<p>He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s said that he has no platform and that he would hate to accidentally win.<\/p>\n<p>Castellano has been a Triangle resident since 1991. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been involved in her three children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s schools since 2001 and remains active as a School Improvement Team member.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have always been an advocate for all children to be successful, socially and academically,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Castellano said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have had the opportunity to work with the district office, principals, teachers, staff and other parents over the years on various programs and initiatives and feel that I bring commitment for common goals.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>She cites the district\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s listed achievement goals as her primary objectives, as well as closing the achievement gap and addressing school safety and budget issues.<\/p>\n<p>Conrad has been a Chapel Hill resident for the past three years. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s married with one grown son, has a degree in education from Drake University and was an educator in the Air Force. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I felt running was a good opportunity to get involved in the community and use my experience,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Conrad said. He intends to better familiarize himself with the issues and prioritize his objectives as his campaign progresses.<\/p>\n<p>Conrad said that an effective board member should be walking the halls of the schools: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Only attending board meetings isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t my idea of being an active board member.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Streater is a registered dental hygienist and clinical practitioner. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I made the decision to run for another term because I am still excited about the work of school district governance,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Streater said. She wants to continue \u00e2\u20ac\u0153engaging with other board members as well as other community leaders to make sound decisions that can positively impact student learning, student success and student engagement.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>She intends to continue to advocate for processes that allow the board to closely monitor its programs and services and evaluate their effectiveness, and she looks forward to working with the new superintendent as he transitions into office.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The filing period will close on Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four more candidates have filed to fill five seats on the seven-member Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19699,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19585\/revisions\/19699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}