THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, March 27, 1996              TAG: 9603270411
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   41 lines

THIRD CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS FROM RACE FOR BEACH SCHOOL BOARD

A third candidate for the School Board election has dropped from the race, shortening the list to 47 people vying for seven seats.

A. Michele DeVinney Killian, the 30-year-old manager of a carpet service company, cited ``personal and business considerations'' as reasons for ending her candidacy.

``I feel that the City of Virginia Beach and the school system would be better served by another candidate who will be able to deliver more time to this endeavor,'' Killian wrote in a letter.

Last week, Randi A. Perrone-Kerfoot withdrew from the race for an at-large, two-year seat because of an unexpected opportunity to read for the Virginia bar. Perrone-Kerfoot, a flight attendant and real estate investor, is pursuing a legal career.

On March 18, Ann E. Cramer-Burniske, a 37-year-old mother of two small children, ended her run for the Lynnhaven Borough seat, citing time commitments to her family. ILLUSTRATION: ISSUES FORUM

The Christian Coalition will sponsor an education issues forum

from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Virginia Beach Central Library,

4100 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Panelists will include Bill Thomas, WNIS talk show host; Chris

Evans, a mother who home schools her children; Claudette Thomure, a

Virginia Beach Education Association director; David Long, a Latin

teacher at Salem High School; Michael Hamar, president of the Gifted

and Talented Parents Association; and Ellen Beamon, a retired public

school librarian and activist. The public is invited.

KEYWORDS: VIRGINIA BEACH SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE by CNB