School Boards Matter

School Board Engagement

What’s one way to make a positive impact in your community a couple of hours a month? 

Show up to school board meetings in your district. You can do it in person or virtually (if available).  Speak up for parents and students, suggest future agenda items you aren’t hearing them discuss, tell a story about what you hear going on in schools, or bring new viewpoints or ideas to them. 

Click on your SCHOOL BOARD/CHARTER SCHOOL LISTED HERE to find out when your local school board meets and what’s on the agenda.

If you attend and hear something interesting, let Citizens for Delaware Schools know. We’ll get the word out.

FOUR ISSUES DESERVING OF TOP PRIORITY:
  1. Greater focus on improving student academic proficiency in English, math, and history/civics (founding principles)
  2. Ensure schools embrace policies to create safe, positive learning environments for students and teachers
  3. Stronger engagement and involvement of parents with their children and schools in their education. 
  4. A consistent approach to fiscal transparency to enable greater flexible education funding that follows the student.
 
Visit the C4DS You Tube channel to learn more about these issues
Chart of 2024 school board elections in Delaware
List of questions asked of school board candidates

School Board Candidates

The list below lists all the candidates running for school board in 2024. Click on the names highlighted in orange to see how they answered questions about education from Citizens for Delaware Schools or other public surveys we were able to find. The orange highlight does not indicate any endorsement.

Inform yourself and then vote wisely. Our kids deserve our support. Those who are unopposed do not face an election.

 

New Castle County

APPOQUINIMINK

CHRISTINA

  • Matt Clifford (dropped out)
  • Amy Trauth (unopposed)

RED CLAY

BRANDYWINE

  • District G – Jason Heller (unopposed)
  • District E – Shawn Jegede (unopposed)

COLONIAL

SMYRNA

  • Christopher Scuse (unopposed)

Kent County

CAESAR RODNEY

  • Jessica Marelli (unopposed)
 
LAKE FOREST
 
 

CAPITAL

 

 MILFORD

  • Jennifer Massotti (unopposed)

Sussex County

CAPE HENLOPEN

  • Janet Maull-Martin (unopposed)
  • Dr. Alison J. Myers (unopposed)
 
INDIAN RIVER
 

SEAFORD

  • Dara Laws Savage (unopposed)
 

DELMAR

  • Russell R. Smart (WINNER)
  • Dawn M. Turner
LAUREL

 Kim Ralph (unopposed)
 

WOODBRIDGE

 
Instructions for how to vote in school board elections
Instructions for how to vote if you can't be there in person