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:
- Greater focus on improving student academic proficiency in English, math, and history/civics (founding principles)
- Ensure schools embrace policies to create safe, positive learning environments for students and teachers
- Stronger engagement and involvement of parents with their children and schools in their education.
- 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
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
- Norm Abrams Jr.*(WINNER)
- Timothy Johns (dropped out)
- Candace Jusino
- Britney Mumford
CHRISTINA
- Matt Clifford (dropped out)
- Amy Trauth (unopposed)
RED CLAY
- Jason Casper
- Susan Sander (WINNER)
BRANDYWINE
- District G – Jason Heller (unopposed)
- District E – Shawn Jegede (unopposed)
COLONIAL
- Robin Crossan (WINNER)
- Tanya Kerns
SMYRNA
- Christopher Scuse (unopposed)
Kent County
Sussex County
CAPE HENLOPEN
- Janet Maull-Martin (unopposed)
- Dr. Alison J. Myers (unopposed)
- District 1: Lisa Hudson Briggs (unopposed)
- District 1: Kelly Kline (unopposed)
- District 3: Mark L. Steele (unopposed)
- District 4
- Joshua W. Hudson
- Anita West-Werner (WINNER)
- District 5: Derek Cathell (unopposed)
- District 5: Kim Law Taylor (unopposed)
SEAFORD
- Dara Laws Savage (unopposed)
DELMAR
- Russell R. Smart (WINNER)
- Dawn M. Turner
WOODBRIDGE