School Board 7th District member Don Coleman sent out his first monthly email newsletter today, with an introduction on where he is coming from, his email address and phone number, and a wrap-up on 7th District issues, including expansion at Franklin Military, the upcoming June 29 Open House at Armstrong, and the dramatic rise in RPS on-time graduation rates:

This is an exciting time to be a part of RPS. I honestly believe that with your help we will see real, tangible and measurable success across our system over the next four years. As your School Board member I am not afraid of the fact that we are facing serious challenges and opportunities. Yet I am also convinced that we are on the threshold of a historic turn-around story.

Subscribe to Don Coleman’s email newsletter.

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About 60 people turned out for today’s 7th District Meeting hosted by interim City Council 7th District representative Betty Squire at the Peter Paul Development Center. Speakers included Mayor Dwight Jones, RPS Superintendent Brandon, a representative from the Richmond Police Department, Delegate Jennifer McClellan, and School Board 7th District representative Don Coleman.

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The 2009-2013 RPS School Board members were sworn-in yesterday in ceremony at City Hall. The new board has four returning and five freshman members, including the new 7th District School Board member Don Coleman. [via]

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The city website has a map of all of the voter precincts and a breakdown of the recent vote by precinct. Interesting numbers if you’re into that kind of thing…

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As a follow-up to our mayoral poll back in August, here are the results of a (certainly very unscientific) poll of the support for each of the 3 school board candidates…

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Bellevue Elementary and the Church Hill Association hosted a sparsely attended forum for the 7th District School Board candidates this evening. A more well-attended forum that included school board, council, and mayoral candidates took place immediately following at the Powatan Community Center in Fulton.

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I sat down on July 23rd with Don Coleman, candidate for the 7th District School Board seat, and Brandon Jaycox, Coleman’s campaign manager, for an interview at Buzzy’s.

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From the Coleman for School Board folks:

We want to hear from you! Please join us at Capt Buzzy’s Friday 27th from 6:00pm-7:30pm to have your voice heard regarding 7th District Schools, the last year’s school board and what you want from your school board in the future. [...] Don Coleman will be there to share his own story and listen to your thoughts and concerns. Free cup of coffee for participants! Send an e-mail to colemanforschoolboard@gmail.com if you plan on stopping by.

Now there are three: An email from Don Coleman says that he is “strongly considering and have begun the process that will be official on June 10th” to run again for the 7th District School Board seat. Keith West beat Coleman by 41 votes in the 2006 contest.

For what it is worth, I’m stepping up for Don Coleman for the school board. I’ve been going back and forth on this, and I’ve come down on the side of speaking my piece.

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A week into our 7th district poll, this is what we have so far…

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The Union Hill Civic Association met this evening at Cedar Street Baptist Church. The 7th district candidates for school board and city council took questions.

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We’ve found websites for 2 of the 7th District School Board candidates, Don Coleman and Keith West.

We recently sat down for an interview with candidate for School Board Donald Coleman.

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