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School board candidates stress funding, family outreach and tech policies at Vermillion forum
Summary
At a VCDC candidate forum, incumbent Ryan Johnson and challenger Bill Ames discussed school funding tied to enrollment, strategies to reduce chronic absenteeism and the need for policies addressing technology and AI in schools.
At a candidate forum hosted by the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce (VCDC), school board candidates Ryan Johnson and Bill Ames outlined contrasting priorities focused on funding, family engagement and preparing district policies for new technology.
Ryan Johnson, who said he was appointed last September and is running for a full term, said funding is the district’s most pressing challenge because state formulas link dollars to enrollment. "A small dip in enrollment, each student that we don't enroll, that's thousands of dollars in reduced funding to…
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