# IUSD School Board Candidate Forum Trustee Area #1 Monday, October 12, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m.


**Body:** IUSD Board Meeting
**Date:** October 11, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education


This was an IUSD Trustee Area #1 school board candidate forum held October 12, 2026, with candidates Joyce Randall and Cheryl Shaw Williams responding to student panelists’ questions. Topics included student voice, academic achievement and superintendent evaluation, attendance, school climate, mental health, equitable resource allocation, college and career readiness, and district accountability as IUSD anticipated exiting state receivership. Both candidates emphasized fiscal responsibility and transparency, appropriate reserves, and directing resources to student needs. Randall proposed using closed school buildings for building-trades training; both candidates supported expanded pathways into skilled trades and careers, but no specific project, funding commitment, contract, vendor, procurement decision, or spending vote was identified.

The candidates also discussed stronger student participation, family engagement, and oversight to prevent past financial mismanagement from recurring. No procurement activity was identified in the forum.

**Source:** IUSD Board Meeting