UPDATE: School Board candidate Beth Akeson verified that the school district doesn’t have a digital map of the representative district boundaries, but she sent me this picture of the map. It’s not quite detailed enough to be able to read all the street names, but it will give you a rough idea of where the boundaries are. The map image is about 1MB.
For all of you who will be voting on new second district representatives to the Peoria Public Schools Board of Education next month, I encourage you to attend a candidates forum tonight (Tuesday, March 13) at Whittier Primary School, 1619 W. Fredonia Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Free babysitting will be provided.
You don’t need me to tell you how important it is to have competent, inclusive leadership on the school board. Many people have been up in arms about recent decisions the district has been making. This is our chance as voters to make our voices heard.
Even though voter turnout is at an all time low, it doesn’t matter. Voters on election day are the one “vocal minority” that can’t be ignored.
Where can you find a district map for the school board seats? On a related note – do you know why there is only one district 1 representative (Martha Ross)?
I’ve searched online and I can’t find one. I have a hard copy that I may be able to scan and put up. It’s a very wide district, stretching all the way from west of Sterling practically to the river. I’ll see what I can do. I tried calling the school administration office and election commission, but struck out both places.
As far as why there’s only one rep from district 1, I don’t know. I’ll try to find out.