Welcome to our Voter Guide!

In short, we invited all candidates for the Amity Board to answer questions relevant to what the Board does. Our goal is to help you, the voter, get to know them better so you can make an informed choice when you vote, whether through early voting (starting October 20th) or on Election Day, November 4th.

If you want the full low down on the voter guide and our process, you can click the banner above to learn more!

Once you’ve learned about this candidate, you can navigate to the next candidate’s page down at the bottom or just click a town seal to see all the candidates running in the town.

Lauren Moras (R) - Woodbridge

[Editor’s note - Ms. Moras respectfully declined to respond to the Questionnaire. While we will continue to encourage her to do so, we will provide a link to the LWV Amity response once it’s available.]

Thank you for inviting me to complete the Amity Allies Voter’s Guide Questionnaire for the upcoming municipal election. It’s encouraging to see organizations like yours working to provide voters with clear, nonpartisan information about the candidates before Election Day.

As you can imagine, our team is very busy connecting with residents across Woodbridge and sharing our message about our diverse ticket, which brings together candidates from four political affiliations under the theme A Common Ground for Woodbridge. I invite you to visit our website to learn more about us and see our many upcoming events—we’d love to have you join us.

We’ve also been invited by several groups to complete similar questionnaires, including The League of Women Voters of Amity. We plan to participate in their “Meet the Candidates Night” at Amity High School on Thursday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m., and I hope Amity Allies will also attend. Rather than submit multiple questionnaires, we will be sharing with you our responses to the LOWV survey, with the request that they be published exactly as written. In our experience, even small edits—though well intentioned—can unintentionally change meaning and create confusion. I encourage you to check out their voter guide once it’s available.

I look forward to connecting with you soon!

Best regards,

Lauren Moras

The questionnaire:

1. What qualifications would you bring as a member of the Amity Board of Education?
2. What would you hope to accomplish in the next term as a member of the Board?
3. Do you have any concerns about academics, curricula, or extra curricular opportunities (athletics, clubs, etc) at Amity?
4. On what basis do you think the job performance of the Superintendent of Amity Schools should be evaluated?
5. What are the primary criteria you would bring to considering the administration’s annual budget proposals for the Amity district?
6. How do you view the respective roles of the Board, Amity administration, the State of Connecticut, and the federal government in determining curriculum in the district?
7. How would you weigh your responsibility as an elected representative of your town and your duty to support the district as a member of its Board?
8. How would you approach making decisions at Amity that may affect parents who also have students at the elementary school(s) in your town, such as those regarding the Amity schools’ calendar or a later start time at the middle and high schools?
9. How would you make sure that everyone - including parents and students - feels welcome in the district, regardless of their political views (conservative, liberal, or moderate), faith, cultural background, race, or how they view themselves?

Next Candidate

Carol Oladele

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Lauren Moras (R) - Woodbridge

1. What qualifications would you bring as a member of the Amity Board of Education?

2. What would you hope to accomplish in the next term as a member of the Board?

3. Do you have any concerns about academics, curricula, or extra curricular opportunities (athletics, clubs, etc) at Amity?

4. On what basis do you think the job performance of the Superintendent of Amity Schools should be evaluated?

5. What are the primary criteria you would bring to considering the administration’s annual budget proposals for the Amity district?

6. How do you view the respective roles of the Board, Amity administration, the State of Connecticut, and the federal government in determining curriculum in the district?

7. How would you weigh your responsibility as an elected representative of your town and your duty to support the district as a member of its Board?

8. How would you approach making decisions at Amity that may affect parents who also have students at the elementary school(s) in your town, such as those regarding the Amity schools’ calendar or a later start time at the middle and high schools?

9. How would you make sure that everyone - including parents and students - feels welcome in the district, regardless of their political views (conservative, liberal, or moderate), faith, cultural background, race, or how they view themselves?

Next Candidate

Carol Oladele

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Carol Oladele (D - incumbent)

Carol Oladele