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Lindbergh candidates split on House Bill 2937 but agree on broad community review of special-education options

Lindbergh Schools - Candidate Forum (League of Women Voters) · March 12, 2026
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Summary

Candidates differed on whether the board should use the authority House Bill 2937 would provide but uniformly supported a year-long community engagement process, consultations with SSD staff and careful planning before any ballot referral.

House Bill 2937 — described at the forum as a bill that would allow a school board to ask its community whether to remain in a special school district — produced clear differences among the four Lindbergh School Board candidates.

Christy Watts, Andrew Lawson and Matt Alonzo said they would support the board’s option to give voters a say. Lawson framed the bill as ‘‘giving us the option to bring the…

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