THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, December 3, 1995               TAG: 9512020151
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER       PAGE: 14   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Cover Story 
SERIES: WHO WILL LEAD OUR SCHOOLS?
SOURCE: PROFILES BY ELIZABETH THIEL, STAFF WRITER
                                             LENGTH: Short :   48 lines

COVER STORY: WHO WILL LEAD OUR SCHOOLS?

It's a first for Chesapeake - a chance for citizens, instead of City Council, to choose the people who will control the quality of education city children get.

Eleven candidates will contend for five seats on the School Board during a special election Dec. 19.

The timing of the ballot is unfortunate. A dispute with the U.S. Justice Department over whether board members would be elected at-large, resolved this summer after more than a year, forced the city to set the December date.

Now the biggest challenge for the contenders, including four incumbents, will be competing for voters' attention and persuading them to show up at the polls so near the holidays.

City officials are predicting a low turnout, but hoping for better.

To help get the word out, The Chesapeake Clipper interviewed each of the candidates. Here are their stories:

Donald J. Bailey

Tom Bray

Renee Hannas

Barbara B. Head

Mary Mazur

Harry Murphy

Ted Nance

James M. Reeves

Jeff Rowland

Roderic Taylor

Michael Woods

MEMO: [Individual profiles of the candidates are available as separate text

files in the database by searching for the series, WHO WILL LEAD OUR

SCHOOLS?]

KEYWORDS: CHESAPEAKE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION CANDIDATES CHESAPEAKE SCHOOLS

PROFILE by CNB