Selectmen’s debate follows BOE square-off

WINSTED — Winchester Board of Education candidates squared off this week at The Gilbert School for the first of two debates organized by political science students. Next up on the calendar will be the Board of Selectmen’s debate on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., featuring a total of 10 Democratic, Republican and unaffiliated candidates for the town’s primary governing board.The format of the debates was announced in a message to candidates from the political science classes at Gilbert, as follows:“The time to discuss each question among fellow party members will be one minute. One person will then answer for the group and the time to answer each question will be a minute-and-a-half; the time for rebuttal will be one minute. If there is no rebuttal, we will continue the questioning.“Each individual will also be allotted two minutes for an opening statement and each party will be allowed closing statements. We will have a timekeeper to discreetly inform speakers of their time remaining to answer questions.”Gilbert students allotted two hours for each debate, beginning at 7 p.m., with doors open to the public at 6 p.m. Questions are fielded from the audience on note cards and will be asked along with questions developed by students after reading about local issues, going to local meetings and listening to candidates who have visited Gilbert classrooms in recent weeks.Charter Community Television was scheduled to tape the events for broadcast local cable channel 15, ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

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