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BESE Candidate Forum – October 5th
By: Matt Segraves | October 3, 2011
Later in October elections will be held for the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). To help inform the elections, the Charter Board Council of New Orleans, along with many other organizations, is co-hosting a BESE candidate forum at Dillard University this Wednesday, October 5th. The forum will be focused on BESE District 1 and District 2, which represent Orleans parish and its pubic schools.
Candidates that are expected to attend the forum:
District 1 – Jim Garvey (Incumbent) and Lee Barrios
District 2 – Louella P. Givens (Incumbent), Kira Orange-Jones, and Ferdinand Wallace Jr.
The forum will be held at Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd, in their Professional Schools Building. The forum will be moderated by Norman Robinson of WDSU, Channel 6 and will start at 6:30pm. Click here for an event flyer.
Click here to learn more about how BESE impacts public schools in Orleans Parish.
We hope to see you at the event, and feel free to follow us on twitter (@CowenInstitute) where we will provide more information on the topics covered during the forum.