CANDIDATE COLLEGE

Candidate College, a biannual course for candidates for the St. Paul Board of Education, was first organized by Support Our Schools in 1997. During each election cycle, Support Our Schools organizes seminars and develops written materials on important education issues for all school board candidates at no charge. Candidate College helps school board candidates learn about the statutory responsibilities of the school board and school board members, increase their knowledge of school and community issues, learn about education finance and the school district’s budget, review student achievement data, and develop their leadership capacity.

Candidate College is nonpartisan and does not advocate a particular position on any issue.  Neither Candidate College nor Support Our Schools endorses school board candidates or provides campaign or financial support for persons running for the school board. 

 The next Candidate College course convenes in the summer of 2009.