All four candidates for the Ridgway School Board agree teacher pay and retention are the top issues for the district, they said during a candidate forum Tuesday night.

Candidates Brian Patton, John Countryman, Aimee Quadri and Valene Baskfield all said they support a mill levy increase to reach the goal of achieving better staff retention through higher pay, and all see community outreach to citizens without children in the school system as key to make that happen.

Despite the cited need for com...