Candidates for the Irvine Unified School District Board of Education discussed mandates, sex education, and parents’ rights during a virtual candidate forum hosted by Irvine Parents Unified, a grassroots parents group, on Sept. 8.
Debra Kamm and Marlene Bronson, both Irvine Unified parents running for Trustee Area 2—which covers the south side of Woodbridge, Westpark, and University Park—attended the virtual forum.
Area 2’s third candidate, Irvine Unified parent and teacher Katie McEwen, was unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts—as was Dr. Jeff Kim, an educator and the single candidate running unopposed for Area 4, which covers Portola, a portion of Orchard Hills and Orange County’s Great Park….