The deadline for people to file to run for the May 9 school board elections has passed, but it may take weeks until the final list of candidates is published. The problem: A 2021 law that requires school board candidates to complete a criminal background check and a child registry check. These must be completed before candidates’ names can be …
Candidates have 19 days left to file to run in the May 9 school board elections, and education advocates hope to encourage more people to run in those three weeks. “There’s a lot more community members than there are elected people, so if you don’t like the direction that your community is going in, run,” said Laurisa Schutt, executive director …
Red Clay candidates have placed their campaign signs around North Star Elementary School in Hockessin. (Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News) It’s election day in Delaware. On the ballot: 38 candidates throughout the state in what has turned out to be one of the most divisive and partisan school board elections in memory. Patriots for Delaware sent out an email at 2 …
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Left to right: Ashley Sabo (Red Clay), Jim Casper (Red Clay), Vic Leonard (Red Clay), Felicia Duggins (Capital), Joan Engel (Capital). Tuesday night’s forums designed to introduce school board candidates to their communities in the Red Clay and Capital school districts featured no fireworks, arguments or debate. The closest either forum got to controversy was when Red Clay candidate Jim …
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This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Delaware schools to turn to science of reading to improve literacy rates Six months from election, most candidates have yet to file 42 to compete for 19 school board seats in May 10 election House Republicans push $100 rebate; Dems may have own plan Culture 302 Beer Drinkers’ Choice Awards to crown ‘Delaware’s Best …
The most prominent newcomer after Tuesday’s elections is Kim Stock, the 2021 Delaware Teacher of the Year.
