Our Revolution Cambridge plans a School Committee candidates panel Sept. 21 in Harvard Square.

The Cambridge Education Association will sponsor a public forum and debate for School Committee candidates from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in Central Square.

After seven terms as a School Committee member, Patty Nolan has decided to run for a seat on the City Council. “I’ve had a really long term on the School Committee, but I’m excited to take on a new challenge,” she said. 

A School Committee member since 2016, Emily Dexter is an education professional with 25 years of experience in education and educational research, program evaluation and data analysis. Her two daughters went through the Cambridge public schools, and De …

A School Committee member since 2006, Patty Nolan has lived in Cambridge since 1991 and raised two children, both educated in the Cambridge public schools. The youngest graduated last year, so she’s still well-informed about district issues from a pers …

A School Committee member since 2016, Manikka Bowman says she knew early in life she would run for public office. She grew up in the black church and saw role models in her own pastor and others who balanced faith leadership with active involvement in …

A Cambridge resident for 16 years, David Weinstein has been a classroom teacher in a range of public school settings and a scholar of education, and now works in higher education. He is the only candidate who has served as a full-time public-school tea …

Jake Crutchfield has been a community organizer working to connect students to out-of-school programming in Cambridge and a substitute teacher in Cambridge Public Schools, most recently full time at the Cambridgeport School. This is his second campaign …

Elechi Kadete was born in Tanzania, East Africa. He came to Cambridge when he was 4 and got his entire elementary and high school education in the Cambridge Public School System. He attended the then Joseph Maynard Elementary School, Mariah L. Baldwin …

Kathleen Kelly, a Mid-Cambridge resident for more than 25 years, has served two terms on the School Committee. She earned a master’s degree in business administration from Simmons and a dual master’s degree in social work and pastoral ministry from Bos …