[Peace-discuss] school board elections in Champaign and Urbana

[David Green]

If you read the News-Gazette editorial today, you'll find endorsements for four candidates, all white and conservative, with the possible exception of Novak (in the conservative sense). Candidates being supported by the progressive community include M. Rosales, Alcantara, and Jackson, as well as Banks (uncontested). What they seem to have in common is a penchant not to blame parents and families first for the problems kids have at schools, as do especially Grey and Chalifoux, and probably Bambenek, although he was relatively well behaved at a recent forum.
   
  DG

Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu> wrote:
  RE: Champaign School Board
I am not sure about Novak with regards to the Consent Decree. 

Perhaps David Green and Vicky have something more to add about the Champaign School Board candidates. 

There are people running for 2 year and 4 year terms. 

Warning: John Bambanek (aka Bambi) is running as well. 
-karen medina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:49:27 -0500
>From: "Robert Naiman " 
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] school board elections in Champaign and Urbana 
>To: "peace discuss" 
, SFcore 
>
>Someone wrote back with a question about school board elections, which
>are happening in both Champaign and Urbana. I am not really
>knowledgeable about this, but I can share the little I know and
>perhaps others will chime in.
>
>In Champaign:
>Greg Novak, a former teacher, is running and he has been endorsed by labor.
>http://www.novakforschoolboard.org/
>
>In Urbana, in District 7, which is the district that Ricky and I live
>in (California and Webber),
>Tracy Heilman is running against John Dimit, the incumbent. I gather
>that there is a lot of unhappiness with Dimit from friends who follow
>schools more closely. Ricky and I have yard signs for Heilman. I
>believe that Barbara told me that Tracy Heilman is married to Rev.
>Mulberry (who recently gave the Oaxaca presentation.) Not that you
>should judge someone by who they're married to, but it is some kind of
>indicator. :)
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