The 2011 candidates for the Lawrence School Board. From left: Marlene Merrill, Tyler Palmer, Shannon Kimball, Ola Faucher, James Clark, Bill Roth, Rick Ingram, Keith Moore and Randy Masten.

The 2011 candidates for the Lawrence School Board. From left: Marlene Merrill, Tyler Palmer, Shannon Kimball, Ola Faucher, James Clark, Bill Roth, Rick Ingram, Keith Moore and Randy Masten.

Before city elections on April 5, we’re hosting live online chats with the candidates for the Lawrence school board. You can submit questions in advance for these chats now on LJWorld.com:

– Shannon Kimball, Friday, March 11 at 11:30 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Rick Ingram, Monday, March 14 at 11 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Marlene Merrill, Tuesday, March 15 at 11 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Keith Diaz Moore, Thursday, March 17 at 11 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Bill Roth, Friday, March 18 at 11 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Randy Masten, Monday, March 21 at 11 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Ola Faucher, Tuesday, March 22 at 11 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Jim Clark, Tuesday, March 22 at 12:30 p.m. Read the transcript.
– Tyler Palmer, Wednesday, March 23 at 1 p.m. Read the transcript.

To submit a question, click on one of the corresponding links above or head over to our chats page. A free LJWorld.com user account is required to submit a question. If you don’t have an account, sign up for one here. Remember to join us on LJWorld.com during the live chats to see if the candidates answer your question!

From left: Bob Schumm, Mike Machell, Mike Dever, Hugh Carter and Sven Alstrom

We’ve already held our live chats with all the candidates for Lawrence City Commission. You can read the transcripts of these chats:

– Sven Alstrom, Monday, March 7 at 1 p.m. Read the transcript.
– Mike Dever, Thursday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. Read the transcript.
– Mike Machell, Monday, March 14 at 12:30 p.m. Read the transcript.
– Hugh Carter, Tuesday, March 15 at 1 p.m. Read the transcript.
– Bob Schumm, Wednesday, March 16 at 11 a.m. Read the transcript.

If you’re unsure which candidate(s) you agree with the most be sure to use our city commission candidate selector, school board candidate selector and watch videos of each candidate answering questions about their campaign in our elections section.