School Board Candidates Forum

PRESS RELEASE: PTA COUNCIL

Pleasanton: The Pleasanton PTA Council, the League of Women Voters of Livermore-Amador Valley, and the Livermore-Pleasanton-Dublin branch of the American Association of University Women are co-sponsoring a School Board Candidates Forum, Thursday, September 16, beginning at 7:00 pm, in the Pleasanton Unified School District Board room located at 4665 Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton.

All three candidates –Jeff Bowser, Joan Laursen and Sandy Piderit - have been invited to participate.  There are two open trustee seats for the Pleasanton school board in the November 2nd election.

"Although PTA, like our co-sponsors, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization," says Pleasanton PTA Council President Jodie Vashistha, "one of PTA's most important purposes is to educate our members and the public on issues affecting children.  This forum gives the public the opportunity to evaluate the Pleasanton School Board candidates and their knowledge of issues affecting our Pleasanton students' education."

The forum is open to the public, and all are encouraged to attend.

The moderator, provided by the League of Women Voters, will give each candidate an opportunity to briefly address the audience, and then they each will be asked questions from the audience.

For more information, please contact the Pleasanton PTA Council.


Contact: Karen Tincher

September 8, 2010

(925) 931-1711

The Pleasanton PTA Council began in 2003 as an umbrella group for all PTAs in Pleasanton.  The mission of the PTA is to represent their members and to empower and support them with skills in advocacy, leadership, and communication to positively impact the lives of all children and families.