To watch the debate:
WTCI will broadcast the debate Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Debate sponsors:
Chattanooga Allergy Clinic, First Tennessee Bank, Independent Healthcare Properties, The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, The McKenzie Foundation, The Tucker Foundation and Jo Ann Yates.Source: WTCI
This year’s school board election has high stakes.
The next Hamilton County Board of Education will be responsible for selecting the district’s new superintendent and ensuring that the district’s test scores, which trail the state average, see improvement. Moving forward, the school board also faces the challenge of gaining public trust, which has been waning over the past year.
Four of the school board’s nine members are up for reelection Aug. 4, and a majority of their challengers offered solutions during the debate of new approaches they would try to implement if elected to help the district move forward.