All three SE LB School Board ballot candidates attended: School Boardmember/Board Vice President Jon Meyer and his two challengers, Karen Thomas Hilburn and Paul Crost.

LBReport.com's audio coverage expands the event's reach from the confines of the auditorium's walls to on-demand access District-wide (and beyond).

Lowell PTA President Jacqui Viale quizzed the candidates, producing some noteworthy exchanges on the Wilson High federal Civil Rights lawsuit (judge ruled against LBUSD regarding equal gender access in athletics); the School District's use of consultants and candidate Crost's relationship with the Teachers Ass'n of LB (TALB).

Audio is in the on-demand MP3 format. Although we have the technical ability to provide CD quality sound, two hurdles prevented it at this event: the auditorium's speakers were near the ceiling where only Spiderman could get near them...and the candidates chose not the use the microphone.

The result is less than NPR fidelity...but still audible.

• 1. Re Wilson High/federal Civil Rights lawsuit, click here (11:34, 10.6 MB).

• 2. Re LBUSD's use of consultants, leading into question to Mr. Crost about his relationship with TALB [Teachers Ass'n of LB], click here. (7:51, 7.2 MB)

The second audio file includes a reference to former LBUSD Superintendent Carl Cohn. LBReport.com has further information on this coming separately.