The free community event takes place at North Penn High School and will be streamed online and broadcast live on TV & radio
“The Knight Crier,” North Penn High School’s student newspaper, available online, is hosting its fifth school board candidate town hall forum on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at the high school auditorium.
The public event is open to all members of the North Penn community of all ages.
North Penn Television will broadcast the forum on Comcast Channel 28, Verizon Channel 29, and on the radio at WNPV 98.5FM/1440AM. It will also be streamed on YouTube, North Penn News and on the Apple TV, Roku and Fire TV apps.
Candidates vying for four open seats on the board in the Nov. 4 General Election are expected to participate in the forum. The event is meant to allow community members to learn more about candidates’ views on issues in the district.
The forum is student-run, with student journalists serving as moderators, timekeepers, and organizers. The students are able to be voices in an election that affects their school and community.
Questions can be submitted for candidates at [email protected] and will be vetted for appropriateness and relevance.
Those submitting questions must include their full name and municipality.
For more information, please visit The Knight Crier website or contact staff at [email protected].
After the Primary, on the Democrat side of the ballot, the “North Penn Neighbors for Progress” team easily prevailed with incumbent Al Roesch and newcomers Christine Coyne, Koh Chiba and Ken Keiser Jr. finishing ahead of their Republican challengers who had cross-filed.
Of those candidates, Coyne totaled the most votes with 8,714, followed by Keiser with 8,114, then Chiba with 7,886 and Roesch with 7,341, according to vote totals posted by Montgomery County.
On the Republican side, vote totals produced smaller numbers, but similar results: Challengers Jeff Eshleman, Michael Jowder, Yanni Lambros and Thomas Moyer all appeared on the ballot, and all prevailed over the Democrats who were cross-filed.
In vote totals, Moyer topped all Republicans with 4,200 votes, followed by 3,497 for Jowder, then 3,466 for Eshleman and 3,069 for Lambros. Coyne led the “Neighbors” team on the Republican ballot,with 1,768 votes, then 1,475 for Keiser, 1,906 for Roesch and 708 for Chiba from voters who crossed party lines.
Following the Primary, Jowder withdrew from the race on July 21, according to Montgomery County Voter Services, and was replaced by Victor Minnick on Aug. 7.
