Editor’s note: Read all Times endorsements for Hamilton County Board of Education in the Aug. 6 election here.
Katie Perkins, the Democratic candidate for District 8 in 2022, lost to Republican incumbent Larry Grohn. Perkins has decided to give it another shot, this time against Republican candidate Sabrina Daniel.
In an interview with the Chattanooga Times before the May primary, Perkins said she was led to run again because of the school board’s decision to end its contract with Centerstone.
Daniel not only supported the initial decision to end the district’s contract with Centerstone, she told the Times in an interview before the May primary that she wants to see Centerstone off the list of vendors entirely.
This type of bigotry and close-mindedness must be kept off the school board. The Chattanooga Times endorses Katie Perkins for school board District 8.