State Legislative Candidates Weigh in on Education Funding, Quality of Place

Candidates Gary Davis, Luke Bohm, Mike Bohacek, Ed Charbonneau, Timothy Gust, and Jim Pressel listen as moderator Jerry Gurrado poses a question.

How to boost the education system was one of the recurring themes among Starke County’s state legislative candidates, during Wednesday’s Meet the Candidates night. Democrat Timothy Gust is running for District 20 State Representative. “Education in this state has become a bit of a farce over the past decade-plus, seeing more money taken away from public schools and given to charters and school voucher programs.” Gust said. “In rural areas, such as the ones that we live and work in, in District 20, public schools make up most of the options we as parents have to send our children to school.”

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