FuturePAC, the political action committee of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, announced its endorsements in the East Baton Rouge School Board races. Jill Dyason, who is running unopposed in District 10, was the only incumbent backed by FuturePAC. The organization is backing two candidates in the District 8 race and is not backing any candidates in the District 3 and 4 elections.
Here are the candidates the group is supporting: David Tatman, District 1; Michael J. Self, District 2; Evelyn Ware-Jackson, District 5; Craig Freeman, District 6; Barbara Reich Frieberg, District 7; Eva Kemp-Melder, District 8; Brandon J. DeCuir, District 8; Marston Fowler, District 9; Jill Dyason, District 10; and Raymond Allmon, District 11.
“FuturePAC strongly believes that these endorsed candidates demonstrated the highest commitment to improving education for our kids through leadership focused on positive reforms,” says Matt McKay, FuturePAC chairman. Each of the candidates was endorsed because they support linking teacher performance and accountability to increased student achievement, charter schools, state accountability for public schools, expanding pre-K programs, and creating a pipeline for exceptional school leaders and because they oppose efforts to introduce collective bargaining. The primary elections take place Oct. 2.
