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When it comes to the First Ward Living Grace Food Pantry relocating from the former Southeast Middle School to a fire station being used for storage, Pine Bluff Fire Chief Shauwn Howell said there hasn t been much discussion about the move on his behalf.
The two candidates voters choose will take part in a runoff election on Apr. 6.
The winner will replace current state Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor, who has been in the position since 2019 when Tony Evers became governor. She is not running for reelection.
Here is a bit about each of the candidates:
Shelia Briggs
Briggs taught kindergarteners for three decades and then became a principal. She later worked at the Madison district office as the Elementary Lead Principal. Evers asked her to be an Assistant State Superintendent in 2011 for the Department of Public Instruction and was later re-appointed by Stanford Taylor in 2019.
7 candidates vying for the state s top education position emphasize COVID recovery during forum
The seat is open for the first time in over a decade after Gov. Tony Evers, who won statewide elections to head the agency for three consecutive four-year terms, assumed Wisconsin s highest office.
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Seven state superintendent candidates faced off Thursday, Jan. 7, in the first online forum ahead of a Feb. 16 primary, on issues such as learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic and how to rectify inequities in public education.
Candidates Shelia Briggs, Joe Fenrick, Troy Gunderson, Shandowlyon Hendricks-Williams, Deborah Kerr, Steve Krull and Jill Underly answered questions posed by Wisconsinites from across the state in the two-hour forum. They tackled subjects such as how to personalize learning to meet individual student s needs, how to ensure all students feel safe in