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Most Voters do not pay attention to School Committee, we have 2 City Wide Seats and 3 District Seats. Why we have this system boggles my mind, We have a Council person in all 9 wards but only 5 School Committee members? My point is when you have a large teachers union getting involved with local elections it’s impossible to beat that. You are lucky to cover a Ward during the summer never mind a district covering 3 Wards or Citywide. Now add a family and job while trying to knock on as many doors as you can. The 3 newly elected candidates had no job commitments which helps but also had a teachers union phone banking, doing literature drops, mailings and covering all of the polls on Election Day. We need this City to get rid of the current seating structure on the School Committee and change it per Wards to mirror the council, it can only be more helpful adding more minds and ideas to the table. Plus you’ll eliminate the amount of damage outside interference could do by shrinking the area a candidate has to cover.

Just my thoughts, I campaigned Citywide nearly everyday with my wife while we were expecting our first daughter in November. Areas where I did extremely well in during the primary were targeted by a Union and practically eliminated the gains I had made. That same union had every poll covered, I get it....it’s part of the game but it’s definitely not a level playing field. I feel lucky that we have Mr.Testa.