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The questionnaire asked five questions:
- Since the Mayor appoints four School Board members with the consent of the Council, what
qualities will you look for when you approve appointed members?
- What is the difference between oversight and micro-management of the school system? What
is the role of the Council with respect to public schools since some members of the School
Board now have a relationship with the Council? How will you assure that the
Superintendent is accountable to the School Board rather than pulled between the Mayor,
Council and School Board?
- What steps would you take to see that the school system’s operating budget and
capital budget are adequately funded to meet students’ needs for a high quality
educational program? Please include comments on financing for new school construction and
rehabilitation and funding high quality occupational training/career opportunities that do
not now exist.
- Our older students have such low achievement levels that will not graduate with
competitive skills unless they receive additional support. What are you willing to do to
help the school system raise achievement at the high school level? Would you accept
differentiated diplomas so that students who do not pass requirements and tests receive a
diploma that is different from the diploma for students who do not pass requirements and
tests?
- If you have children, do your children attend D.C. Public Schools? Which schools? For
how long?
Candidate who replied were:
Councilmember at-large
Harold Brazil, Democrat
Arturo Griffiths, Statehood Green
Carol Schwartz, Republican
Ward 2 Councilmember
Ray Avrutis, Democrat
Jack Evans, Democrat
John Fanning, Democrat
Pete Ross, Democrat
Ward 4 Councilmember
Renée Bowser, Statehood Green
Adrian Fenty, Democrat
Charlene Drew Jarvis, Democrat
Ward 7 Councilmember
Kevin Chavous, Democrat
Gary Feenster, Democrat
Robert Hunter, Democrat
Ward 8 Councilmember
Sandy Allen, Democrat
Winifred Freeman, Democrat
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