Experience: minor in education from Dartmouth University, masters in education and public administration from Northeastern University, former classroom teacher and director of education for the Department of Youth Services, director of the Upward Bound program at MIT

Platform: get children more motivated.

Henrietta Davis

Experience: two-term committee veteran, administrator of the Agassiz Preschool in Porter Square.

Priority: improve science education.

Alfred B. Fantini

Experience: 10-year committee veteran.

Platform: keep the committee motivated.

Henry J. Lukas

Experience: masters degree in history and education from the University of Wisconsinat Madison, principal of Marblehead High School; former principal of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High school.

Platform: more parent involvement, long-range planning, environmental education.

Betty Luther

Platform: high school grads should be qualified to get decent paying jobs.

David P. Maher

Platform: school must be careful with spending; administration has become bloated.