Mission Iowa City to hold school board candidate forum

Mission Iowa City, with moderator Daniel Boscaljon, will hold a public forum with the school board candidates on Monday, July 11. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in meeting room A of the Iowa City Public Library.

The forum will feature candidates J.P. Claussen, Paul Roesler and Janice Weiner, who will take questions from Mr. Boscaljon of the Center of Humanist Inquiries. Issues relating to students, parents, educators and the community at large will be discussed, along with other relevant topics.

This forum comes before the special election to be held on Tuesday, July 19 of this year. Community members can cast their vote early at the auditor’s office Monday through Friday between 7:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Voting will also take place on Sunday, July 17 between noon and 4 p.m. at the Coralville Public Library and between noon and 5 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library.

Questions for the candidates can be sent in here, to ICSchoolBoardQuestions@gmail.com. or by calling (319)244-8527 and leaving a message.

The event is scheduled to go until 9 p.m. For timely updates and relevant discussion, join Mission Iowa City’s Facebook group.