Craven, an elected town meeting member, ran unsuccessfully for School Committee in 2003.
Walter E. CravenLUDLOW – Walter E. Craven has announced that he will be running as a write-in candidate for School Committee in the March 28 annual town election.
There are also two candidates on the ballot for two three-year terms on the School Committee.
They are incumbent James P. Harrington and Patricia Gregoire, an active longtime PTO member.
Craven ran unsuccessfully for School Committee in 2003.
Craven said recent events in the schools prompted him to announce his candidacy.
Those events include the lost time in school while snow was removed from the school roofs, the decline of MCAS scores and the unpopular reorganization of the town’s three elementary schools.
Craven is currently an elected town meeting member. He also served for four years on the Westover Golf Commission and was a member of the Stevens Memorial Building Study Commission.
He also has served as a junior achievement classroom adviser, a volunteer in the school libraries and has served on the Board of Directors of the Ludlow Community Center.
He has two school-aged children, ages 5 and 8.