School Board Candidates Respond to SEPTA Questionnaire

To select the two candidates for Arlington School Board who will receive the Democratic endorsement in 2020, Arlington Dems is conducting a vote-by-mail caucus.

From April 7 to May 7, Arlington registered voters may request a ballot by (a) completing and submitting an online ballot request form or (b) downloading and mailing a PDF version of the ballot request form (forma español). ( A hardcopy printout of the ballot request form is also available. Contact VADEMS Arlington.) Use of the online ballot request form is strongly encouraged. 

Ballots must be received (not postmarked) by Arlington Dems by May 30. 

Please note that Arlington SEPTA is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse specific candidates.  There are two openings on the Arlington County School Board . Five candidates are eligible for the Democratic caucus:

• Cristina Diaz-Torres
• Steven Krieger
• Sandy Munnell
• David Priddy
• Terron Sims

Two of those candidates, plus independent candidate S. Symone Walker will be on the ballot in November.

We have asked all six candidates the same questions below and have compiled their answers for your information and benefit.  Click on each question below to view responses from all six candidates listed in alphabetical order by the candidates’ last names.  

2020 School Board Candidate SEPTA Questionnaire

Click on the question to view the responses from all six candidates.  

Question 1: Describe your experience working with or on behalf of individuals with disabilities. 

Question 2: What do you believe to be the most significant issues or challenges within APS relating to students with disabilities?

Question 3: What steps should APS take to improve the identification, education, overall welfare, of students with disabilities in Arlington?

Question 4: What will you do to end inappropriate and undesired segregation of students with disabilities in APS? 

Question 5: What is your knowledge of and opinion of the wide-spread accessibility issues in  APS facilities and what specific recommendations to have to remedy this? 

Question 6: What are your views on APS’s site-based management model and what changes, if any, would you make to it? 

Question 7: Do you support the recommendations in the 2019 Program Evaluation for Students with Disabilities and Those Receiving Interventions? If so, what will you do to support implementation? Which recommendations would you prioritize? 

Candidate Web Sites

• Cristina Diaz-Torres
• Steven Krieger
• Sandy Munnell
• David Priddy
• Terron Sims
• S. Symone Walker