VIDEO – 2022 Middletown School Committee Candidates Sound Off

October 20, Middletown School Committee Candidate Forum

Presented by Involve Newport, Newport This Week, the League of Women Voters of Newport County and the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee. Special thanks to Involve Newport for hosting these forums.

0:00 – Intro

04:45 – Candidate Opening Statements

09:11 – Question 1 – Regionalization

14:15 – Question 2 – Budgeting

20:21 – Question 3 – Academic Outcomes

25:58 – Question 4 – Staffing

29:31 – Lighting Round – Regionalization Y/N?

31:50 – Lightning Round – One Highschool or Two?

34:03 – Lightning Round – Regionalization Pros & Cons

37:17 – Audience Submitted – Regionalized District Advisory Committee

41:22 – Audience Submitted – Financial Governance

46:35 – Audience Submitted – Financial Disarray

50:56 – Audience Submitted – Relationship with Council

1:00:07 – Audience Submitted – RIPAC & Education in Crisis

1:04:35 – Candidate Closing Statements