Don’t Forget the School Board Election

Though the event held at Everett Middle School was sponsored by a host of well-known and respected community groups involved with families and education and normally would have filled much more of Everett’s ample auditorium, it was competing with the much anticipated second debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama.

That’s a hard act to beat, and many of us in the audience were wishing we could have been in two places at the same time. But those of us who decided to forgo the important presidential debate made the choice to listen to the ideas and visions of this full slate of candidates, because we realize how much of a difference each individual who may win one of these four positions can make to the lives of our children, next year and well into the future.

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