Board of Education Incumbent Faces Off Against Four Challengers in First Candidates’ Forum

Jeanette Dixon, a former MCPS high school principal  who’s also challenging Kauffman, said Monday that she disagreed with Kauffman on the secretive nature of the meetings before Starr’s resignation.
“You hired someone with a half-million dollar salary and benefits,” Dixon said. “I think you’d be accountable for saying why you did not want to keep him in that position.”

Board of Education Incumbent Faces Off Against Four Challengers in First Candidates’ Forum: One candidate repeatedly criticized the performance of at-large member Phil Kauffman at event dominated by talk of closing the achievement gap