IUPUC to host BCSC candidate forum

Voters will have a chance to hear from Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. school board candidates at an upcoming in-person event.

IUPUC’s Office of Student Affairs will host a candidate forum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Columbus Learning Center’s lecture hall.

Shelley Arroyo with IUPUC said that the school corporation asked the college to host a forum that is open to all community members.

All BCSC school board candidates have been invited to participate.

Eleven individuals are running for BCSC’s school board, and early voting for the Nov. 8 general election has already begun. School board seats are non-partisan, meaning there is no party affiliation in the races or on the ballot.

Anakarina Hurtado, Jason Major and David Vincent are running for District 1. District 2 incumbent Rich Stenner is opposed by Roy West. Dale Nowlin and Eric Grow both seek the District 4 seat. Four candidates are running for District 6: incumbent Kathy Dayhoff-Dwyer, Mark Douglas, Cheryl Miles-Vieth and Logan Schulz.

Arroyo said that seven of the 11 candidates have already confirmed that they will attend the event.

Questions for the forum will be sent to candidates prior to the event.

“I am creating the list of questions in conjunction with others from the community who have attended previous forums,” said Arroyo.

IUPUC’s event will be moderated by Kevin Jones, associate professor of management at IUPUC and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning.

“We are excited to host this public forum for all community members,” said Arroyo.

With the exception of Douglas, all BCSC school board candidates previously participated in virtual forums hosted by the Columbus Educators Association (CEA) and the Bartholomew County Retired Teachers Association (BARTA) in late September. The forums were held over Zoom and later uploaded to the CEA’s YouTube channel.