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Seven candidates outline priorities on maintenance, learning outcomes and safety at Academy District 20 forum
Summary
At a public forum, seven candidates for Academy School District 20board described priorities including addressing more than $500 million in deferred maintenance, improving reading and math outcomes, recruiting and retaining teachers, and balancing hard and soft school-safety measures.
Matt Meister moderated a candidate forum at Liberty High School for Academy School District 20 on matters voters said mattered most: budgets and aging facilities, curriculum and assessments, school safety, board governance, sports policy and library materials. All seven candidates answered a standardized set of questions in one-minute introductions followed by 75-second responses.
Candidates repeatedly returned to facility needs and student outcomes. Renee Malloy Ludlam said the district faces “over half billion dollars of deferred maintenance cost,” and argued priorities should be set by where repairs and replacements benefit the most…
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