Ten school board candidates will attend tonight’s meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Clausen Hall. The meeting has two purposes, opening up a dialogue about the possibility of security cameras inside the schools and to inform the community about the school board candidates. The night was organized by PTSA President Emily Slough.

“We very much look forward to hearing what these prospective school board members have to

say because they represent the future of the school board, especially with so much turnover,” Slough said.

Each person will have three minutes to state their platform for the upcoming elections. Then, one parent or community member from the audience will have the opportunity to ask the candidate a question. After the candidate answers, any of the other candidates will have the opportunity to give their own answers to the question. This portion of the evening will begin by 7:45 at the latest, though the details are still being worked out.

Slough sent each of the candidates a list of questions that they would most likely get from the audience.

“I wanted them to get a sense of what they would have to talk about,” she said.

Only six of the current 12 school board members are seeking re-election. This could create a drastic turnover of power, with many predicting that it will most likely be an activist board.

McLaughlin, Moon, Evans, McElveen and Velkoff have been endorsed by the Democratic party, while Hurley, Kendall, Mancheno-Smoak and Brown Kaplan are being endorsed by the Republican party. Stuban has not been endorsed by a political party.

Stuban wants to “change the make-up of the school board itself.” He is focused on reforming the disciplinary process and creating better transparency between the board and the community.

“My involvement with the school board over the past seven months, their attitude and they way they conduct business is what convinced me that they need to change, which is why I’m running,” Stuban said.

The elections for school board will be held on November 8.