The first of four school board candidate debates organized by Wake Education Partnership and local area chambers of commerce will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the main campus of Wake Technical Community College.

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The event will be will be attended by all four of the candidates still actively campaigning for the District 2 seat: Carlene Lucas, Horace Tart, John Tedesco and Cathy Truitt. District 2 represents schools in the southeast part of the county.

The debate will be held in the second-floor Conference Center of the Student Services Building. It is open to the public and will also be streamed live on the web by WNCN NBC-17.

The format and questions will be the same in each district, although the length of the events will vary depending on the number of candidates.

Debate Schedule:

Date: Sept. 1
Time: 7 pm
District 2
Location: Student Services Building of Wake Technical Community College Main Campus, 9101 Fayetteville Rd., Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce partners: Garner; Fuquay-Varina

Date: Sept. 9
Time: Noon
District 9
Debate location: Cary Chamber of Commerce, 307 N. Academy St., Cary
Chamber of Commerce partner: Cary

Date: Sept. 10
Time: 7 p.m.
District 1
Location: Administration Building of Wake Technical Community College, Northern Campus, 6600 Louisburg Rd., Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce partners: Rolesville; Wendell; Knightdale; Zebulon, Wake Forest

Date: Sept. 22
Time: 8 a.m.
District 7
Location: Morrisville Chamber of Commerce, 260 Town Hall Dr., Morrisville
Chamber of Commerce partners: Morrisville; Raleigh

Wake Education Partnership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit created in 1983 to support public schools, in part by educating the community on current school issues and supporting efforts to recruit and retain quality teachers.