Public meets, mingles with Hamilton County school board candidates

Candidates for the Hamilton County Board of Education address the crowd at a meet-and-greet forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Chattanooga and the Hamilton County Council of PTAs at the Public Library downtown on July 23. Meghan Mangrum/Times Free Press Candidates for the Hamilton County Board of Education address the crowd at a meet-and-greet forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Chattanooga and the Hamilton County Council of PTAs at the Public Library downtown on July 23. Meghan Mangrum/Times Free Press

By Meghan Mangrum July 23, 2018 3 min read

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District 3Incumbent Joe SmithMiracle HurleyDistrict 5Incumbent Karitsa Mosley JonesAnn PierreDistrict 6Jenny HillMichael HenryDistrict 8Incumbent David TestermanTucker McClendonDistrict 9Incumbent Steve HighlanderD’Andre Anderson

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Ryan Jenkins has emailed and asked every single one of the 10 candidates for Hamilton County’s school board questions related to their campaign.

“I asked them why they wanted to run. I asked the incumbents about their accomplishments,” Jenkins said. “I felt like since I’m in a school, it’s important for me to know about who wants to run the schools.”

Jenkins, 10, is a fifth-grader at Soddy Elementary, and he is the type of informed person that the League of Women Voters of Chattanooga hopes all Hamilton County voters will be.

The group, in partnership with the Hamilton County Council of Parent Teacher Associations, hosted a meet-and-greet forum Monday night featuring the candidates for the five open seats on the Hamilton County Board of Education. The event was held at the Public Library downtown.