2016 Board Of Education Candidate Forums

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There are a great many forums scheduled for the Howard County Board of Education candidates this fall. Here is a listing of what I know right now…

UPDATED – 8/25/16 at 9:10am. I have updated some of the events based on information sent to me. As things change, I will do my best to keep this listing up to date.

Event	Date	Location	Time
~~Columbia Democratic Club~~ ~~Candidate Forum~~	~~September 14~~	~~Jeffers Hill Community Center 6030 Tamar Dr. 21045~~	~~7:00 pm~~
~~League of Women Voters of Howard County~~ ~~Candidate Forum~~	~~September 28~~	~~Banneker Room~~ ~~George Howard Building~~ ~~3430 Courthouse Drive~~	~~7:00 pm – 9:00 pm~~
~~People Acting Together in Howard (PATH)~~	~~September 29~~	~~St. John Baptist Church,~~ ~~9055 Tamar Drive,~~ ~~Columbia, MD.~~	~~7:00pm-8:30pm~~
~~Southern Howard County Civic Association Candidate Night~~	~~October 4~~	~~North Laurel Community Center~~ ~~9411 Whiskey Bottom Rd~~ ~~North Laurel~~	~~6:30 pm~~
~~African American Coalition of Howard County~~	~~October 8~~	~~St John Baptist Church~~ ~~9055 Tamar Drive~~ ~~Columbia~~	~~9:00 am-12:00 pm~~
~~PFLAG-Columbia-Howard County BOE Forum~~	~~October 11~~	~~7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21044~~	~~7:30pm – 9:30pm~~
Oakland Mills Community Association Board of Education Candidate’s Forum	October 13	The Other Barn, Oakland Mills Community Association in Columbia. 5851 Robert Oliver Place	7:00 pm
River Hill HS PTSA Candidate Forum	October 17	River Hill High School 12101 Clarksville Pike	7:00-8:00 pm
Savage Community Association/ FRES/PVMS PTAs	October 19	Forest Ridge ES Cafeteria 9550 Gorman Road	6:00 pm- meet/greet 7:00-9:00 pm
Manor Woods PTA	October 26	Manor Woods	7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
GECA Board of Education Candidate Forum	October 27	Grace Episcopal Church 6725 Montgomery Rd, Elkridge, Maryland 21075	7 PM – 9:30 PM
Chinese American Parent Association Chinese Language School Peiying Chinese School	October 30	Howard Community College	12:00PM – 2:00 PM

As you can see, so far there are nine forums scheduled (or tentatively scheduled) for the public to get to know the six candidates running for Board of Education in 2016. There are also other “private/non-public” candidate forums scheduled (I will not be listing those on this chart). To any other candidate or reader of this blog, if there are additional public forums scheduled, please let me know and I will do the best I can to update this list.

Earlier this year, I had put out the idea of a potential Community/Blogger Candidate Forum. I have to admit that with this many forums already scheduled (and I am sure more to be added to this list between now and November), I am not sure adding another one to the mix this election cycle would work. I have not totally dropped the idea, but I am wavering right now. I am planning on having the candidates back on Scott E’s Blog Talk Radio Show later in the fall to answer some additional questions. Hopefully I will be successful getting all of the candidates on-air.