In Delaware, school board service is an unpaid elected position with a term of 4 years (5 years for board members elected prior to Dec 2021). School board elections are nonpartisan, and are held on the second Tuesday in May each year.In Lake Forest School District, five Board of Education members are elected on a rotating basis (with one or two seats open each year) from the district at large.
How many school board meetings did you attend last year?I have attended 5 meetings in the current school year.
What is your background and how do those experiences and skills allow you to be an effective school board member?
Retired: Behavior Modification Specialist; Habilitation Plan Coordinator; Qualified Mental Retardation Professional. Currently a Substitute Teacher
What is the single most important issue facing your school district and how would you address it?
Behavior issues. Start a Behavior Modification Program to improve the quality of education.
How should school boards respond to community calls for removing any curriculum topics, subjects, books and programs?
Listen to the community because they could solutions that work.
What kind of mental health supports do you favor in schools and how would you go about advocating for them?
More psychological intervention is needed. Seek a coalition to address this with the Board.
How would you ensure the district provides equitable access and meets the needs of all students, including traditionally underserved student populations such as students of color, low-income students, English-language learners and students receiving special education services?
All students achieve their best when sufficiently motivated.
Delaware needs more resource officers in the schools. Scale of strongly agree to strongly disagree.
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
16 and 17-year-olds should be allowed to vote in school board elections. Yes or no
What is your background and how do those experiences and skills allow you to be an effective school board member?
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What is the single most important issue facing your school district and how would you address it?
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How should school boards respond to community calls for removing any curriculum topics, subjects, books and programs?
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What kind of mental health supports do you favor in schools and how would you go about advocating for them?
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How would you ensure the district provides equitable access and meets the needs of all students, including traditionally underserved student populations such as students of color, low-income students, English-language learners and students receiving special education services?
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Delaware needs more resource officers in the schools. Scale of strongly agree to strongly disagree.
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16 and 17-year-olds should be allowed to vote in school board elections. Yes or no