School Committee Candidates Discuss Technology, Student Achievement, Safety & More at Foxboro Jaycees Forum

Foxborough's four candidates running for two School Committee seats made their pitch to voters Thursday during the Foxboro Jaycees' annual Candidates Night at the Foxboro Cable Access Studio. 

Incumbents Katie Adair and Martha Slattery were joined by challengers Stephen Udden and  Catherine “Kate” Kominski to issue campaign statements and answer questions from local media in hopes of convincing voters to elect them to the town's school committee on April 30th.

Among the topics discussed during the forum were:

• Importance - and direction - of educational technology in town
• Kominsky's resignation last June and desire to return to the school committee this spring
• Enrollment trends
• Maintaining - and improving - student achievement
• School safety, i.e. security cameras in all five schools
• School renovations, i.e. the Burrell School
• Adding curriculum, i.e. AP courses

Thursday's Candidates Night can be viewed by clicking the YouTube video in the photo gallery above, courtesy of Foxboro Cable Access. The School Committee segment begins shortly after the 45-minute mark and concludes shortly after the 2-hour mark.

Foxboro Cable Access is rebroadcasting Thursday's forum every day leading up to the April 30th election.

Click here to view FCA's broadcast schedule for more information.

Candidates Night, which has been a staple of Foxborough’s local election season for over 20 years, is intended to give voters an opportunity to hear from candidates running for local offices and give the candidates an opportunity to touch on important issues they will be addressing in the community as elected officials.

Thursday's event was moderated by Foxboro Jaycee Bob Gillis and featured three unopposed candidates, three candidates running for two seats on the Board of Selectmen and the four candidates running for two seats on the School Committee.

In all, there are 17 candidates (10 running unopposed) on the local ballot. Foxborough's annual town election will be held on Tuesday, April 30th at the Ahern Middle School. Polls open at 7 a.m.