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What do you want to know about local school board candidates?

The Beacon is preparing to send questionnaires to Missouri school board candidates, and we’d like your input about what we should ask them. Districts with competitive elections this year include North Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Independence, Hickman Mills, Center, Blue Springs and Park Hill. 


We’d like to include both open-ended questions that would be answered with a short response and questions that would work in a yes/no or multiple choice format. Here is an example of what our candidate guides have looked like in the past.

What school district do you live in?

What question(s) should we ask all candidates, regardless of the school district?

What question(s) should we ask candidates from your school district specifically? (Please specify your district.)