To the Editor:

On November 7, 2017, Princeton voters will elect three new members to the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. To help voters make an informed decision, Not in Our Town Princeton (NIOT) will sponsor a public forum among the six candidates: Beth Behrend, Jessica Deutsch, James Field, Jenny Ludmer, Julie Ramirez, and Michele Tuck-Ponder. The event will take place on Sunday, October 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

The forum will be moderated by NIOT’s student advisers, and Princeton High School students Valeria Torres-Olivares and Hamza Nishtar, who will be asking and reading questions submitted by other PHS students, as well as taking questions from the audience. This forum will provide an opportunity to discuss issues that matter to high school students from their own point of view. As such, candidates will face a series of questions from those directly affected by the Board’s decisions and policies, and will have the opportunity to make their case. We encourage students and their parents to attend this event because on October 8, the voice of PHS students will be heard!

Valeria Torres-Olivares ’​18

​Princeton High School