Mrs. Gresser is wrong when she suggests that the Mayor has no right to meet with the potential board candidates.

I have requested that management provide me with a list of board candidates and a list of shareholders.

"The search for board candidates is aimed at possibly replacing directors who have been on the board for a long time, the people said."

A vote on the board candidates will be held Aug. 25.

According to the state School Boards Association, board candidates are promising to hold the line on teachers' wages.

And yes, among 71 board candidates we may have a few divisive individuals.

All three pro-honors school board candidates in the May election have long histories of support for anti-discrimination work.

Then there is the usual circular argument: because more and more fund groups offer retirement plans, board candidates have come to expect them.

Like other groups, the directors' resource committee maintains data banks of qualified female board candidates and makes the information available to chief executive officers.

"Many people paid rent all their lives before they came here," said one board candidate, Jerry Rosenstrauch.