*** Monica Moriak is the only candidate for the Christina School District B seat, so she will assume office automatically. However, the Christina Area A seat has multiple candidates, so a 2026 election will still be held in Christina School District. ***In Delaware, school board service is an unpaid 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.Seven citizens elected by the residents of the Christina School District serve as the Board of Education. Each board member lives in a separate electoral area, but serves (and is elected by) the residents at large. Terms are staggered; one or two seats are open each year.
Neighborhood/area of residence
Middle Run Crossing Pike Creek
Are you currently a school board member? (Y/N)
yes
How many school board meetings did you attend last year?
all of them
Many people care deeply about their schools but don't run because they don't know what the job actually entails. Demystifying the role is essential. When people understand that a board member's primary job is to set clear goals focused on student outcomes and hold the system accountable, the role becomes both accessible and compelling. Informed community members make better candidates — and better voters.
Delaware has circled this question for twenty years. The current structure creates funding disparities that hurt our highest-need students, and a divided Wilmington has never felt like the right answer. But consolidation raises real questions around local voice and community identity. If we designed something new — with student outcomes at the center and local engagement as a core value — what could that look like? That conversation is long overdue.
I've been part of the Christina School District community since my oldest started kindergarten in 2003 — volunteering in classrooms, leading PTAs, and teaching Junior Achievement, work I still do today. I joined the Citizens Budget Oversight Committee in 2010, giving me a long view of district finances. I've served on the board since 2020, currently as President, leading a transformation toward focused, data-driven governance tied directly to student outcomes.
Our educators — teachers, librarians, and curriculum specialists — are the experts. Delaware's Freedom to Read Act established a clear process that honors that expertise, engaging educators first before any challenge escalates to the board or a statewide review committee of education professionals. The board's role is to ensure that process is followed faithfully — and that our schools remain places where students can read, explore, and question.
Our most important work is ensuring students graduate genuinely prepared for whatever comes next — skilled trades, workforce, military, or college. All paths are equally valid. What every path requires is the same thing: the ability to learn, adapt, and stay curious. We are preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist. The greatest gift we can give them is a love of learning and the confidence to keep growing.
Equitable access starts with intentional listening. Our community listening sessions ensure the voices of our most underserved families drive the goals we set. Those goals are accompanied by guardrails — specific protections ensuring no student population gets left behind. Our budget aligns directly to those goals. Equity isn't a program. It's a governance commitment — built into our goals, protected by our guardrails, and monitored in our data.
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
This question holds real tension. Concerns about the school to prison pipeline are legitimate and deserve serious attention. So is the reality of school shootings. Delaware SROs receive specialized training and build relationships with students — that matters. But ultimately this decision belongs to our community. Christina is currently collecting data on SRO use to inform that conversation. I will follow where the data and our community lead.
