HCTA Announces the Endorsement of Candidates for Hernando School Board

HCTA's Local Elections Endorsement Committee has been working through the screening process to provide recommendations in our three school board races. The entire process began in March with the Local Elections member survey. HCTA members were asked to provide their opinions on the qualities, qualifications and experience they would look for in a candidate school board. They were also asked to help identify the priority issues impacting students and teachers, and they were invited to submit questions that they would want candidates to answer. From this survey, the committee developed the candidate pre-screening questionnaire and interview questions. Every candidate listed active on the Hernando Supervisor of Elections website was invited to participate in the endorsement screenings. Six of the nine chose to participate. On Saturday, May 14th, the committee conducted candidate interviews at the HCTA office. Each member of the committee individually scored the candidates' responses using the member survey results to assess how closely the candidates' responses aligned with the priorities and values of our members. The individual scores from the interview were combined with scores from the pre-screening questionnaire and the composite scores were used to identify the candidates presented to the Representative Council for endorsement by our organization.
On May 17th, the HCTA Representative Council voted unanimously to endorse school board candidates for Districts 1, 3 and 5. HCTA members will receive communications in the days ahead. Members are strongly encouraged to learn about the candidates who have been recommended by the HCTA endorsement committee. HCTA's 2022 Endorsement Announcement
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