Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education

There are eight candidate running for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education including two incumbants, Annetta Streater and David Saussy, and six challengers, Rani Dasi, Gregg Gerdau, Joal Hall Broun, Pat Heinrichs, Margaret Samuels, and Theresa Watson.

The moderator will be UNC Law School Professor Barbara Fedders.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will hold an information session for anyone interested in running for the Board of Education on Wednesday, June 17 from 6-7:30 p.m. The session will take place at Lincoln Center, the district’s Central Office, located at 750 S. Merritt Mill Road in Chapel Hill.

Four seats will be up for election in November. Potential candidates will meet with district administrators and current Board members to learn about the expectations and responsibilities of serving, as well as some of the large upcoming projects that will require considerable Board attention in the coming years.

The filing period begins Monday, July 6 at 8 a.m.

Anyone planning to attend is asked to contact Jeff Nash, Executive Director of Community Relations, at jnash@chccs.k12.nc.us or by phone at 919-967-8211 (ext. 28227).