School Board Elections...

...and why it should be everyones priority

This Tuesday, May 13 will be Delaware's government school board elections - let Delaware's failure inspire you to do better.

It's hard to win when you aren't even in the game!

The Importance of School Board Elections¹

May 1, 2025 | A Better Delaware

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✰✰School Board Elections should be everyone’s priority!✰✰

[click here to skip past the local politics]

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Subscribe to “Citizens for Delaware Schools” for all the latest on your local school board candidates!

Below is a list of all Delaware school board elections:

Any name with (ACLU) indicates they completed the ACLU school board candidate survey, and that they are also severely progressive. (Think “keeping secret gender transitions from parents" progressive!)

ACLU School Board Candidate Survey Questions to which every candidate who completed responded with the socialist democrat approved answers

Any name with (C4DE) indicates they completed the (C4DE) school board candidate survey.

Names with a star (✰) after their name is my own personal recommendation based on their survey response & my own personal research. Think “lesser of two evils" in some cases. Please do your own due diligence.

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These are the teacher's union endorsed candidates. I urge you to NOT vote for them because the DSEA's values are NOT representative of the people they claim to represent!

New Castle County

APPOQUINIMINK²
•At-Large
Chuck Boyce (C4DE) ✰
Sandhya Celestin-Brown (ACLU)
Tim Higgins [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Celestin-Brown and Higgins participated in a FSE** forum. Watch here

CHRISTINA³
•District A
Janiene Campbell (C4DE)
Shannon Troncoso (C4DE) [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Both candidates participated in a FSE** forum. Watch here

RED CLAY⁴
•District B
Devin Hyson
Martin A. Wilson ✰ Wilson voted to PROTECT children, so he has my support
•District G
Beth Twardus (ACLU) (NO ELECTION)*

SMYRNA⁵
•At-Large
Justine L. Flint (ACLU)
Charlotte Middleton (C4DE)
Aaron Weisenberger [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Flint and Middleton participated in an FSE** forum. Watch here

BRANDYWINE⁶
•District A
Alexander Najemy ✰
Kenyon O. Wilson
•District B
Brian Jordan (ACLU) [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Karen M. Hartley-Nagle ✰ just for the fact of not being the DSEA & ACLU endorsed candidate
•District E
Frank Livoy (C4DE) [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Tracy Woodson (C4DE) ✰ better on discipline after being the victim of s middle school beating (& lying to parents about it)⁷

COLONIAL
•District B – Christine L. Smith (NO ELECTION)*
•District C (2-year term) – Phils M. . Breeding (ACLU) (NO ELECTION)*
•District D – Christopher Piecuch Sr. (NO ELECTION)*

Kent County

CAESAR RODNEY⁸
•At-Large
Dr. Joyce Denman [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Amy Spampinat (C4DE) ✰

LAKE FOREST⁹
•At-Large
Darrell Hughes (ACLU) ✰ (while in opposition to many pro-parent, anti-indoctrination views, of the two choices, Darrell has been open to discussion & willing to have to engage in respectful, civil discourse)
James L. Rau

CAPITAL¹⁰
•At-Large ( 3-yr term)
Jordan Davis [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Vickie Pendleton
•At-Large (4-year term)
Donna Johnson Geist (C4DE)
Mozella Richardson Kamara [👎 DSEA endorsed]
All 4 candidates participated in an FSE** forum. Watch here

MILFORD
•At-Large
Yanelle Powell (C4DE) (NO ELECTION)*

Sussex County

CAPE HENLOPEN¹¹
•District B
Jason Bradley (NO ELECTION)*
•District C
Andy Lewis (ACLU)
Patty Maull (C4DE) [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Laura Parsons (ACLU)
•At-Large
William (Bill) Collick (ACLU) [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Chris Lovenguth (C4DE) ✰ Listen to his WGMD radio interview

DELMAR
•At-Large
Raymond Vincent (NO ELECTION)*

INDIAN RIVER¹²
•District 1 (2 seats)
Dereck Booth (C4DE) ✰ Listen to his WGMD radio interview
Lisa Hudson Briggs [👎 DSEA endorsed]
Kelly Kline [👎 DSEA endorsed]
•District 2
Jerry Peden Jr. (NO ELECTION)*
•District 4
Michelle Parsons (NO ELECTION)*

LAUREL
•At-Large
Raymond Vincent (NO ELECTION)*

SEAFORD
•At-Large
Jeffrey Benson Jr. (NO ELECTION)*

WOODBRIDGE¹³
•At-Large
Timothy Banks (ACLU) Listen to his WGMD radio interview
LaToya S. Harris (ACLU) Listen to her WGMD radio interview
•At-Large
Moraima Reardon (NO ELECTION)*

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*no elections in 2025, pursuant to 14 Del. C. § 1075(b) "no contest"

**First State Educate's candidate forums are highly biased, co-sponsored by far left wing progressive organizations¹⁴, including the Soros funded Indivisible - you know, the group going around holding swastikas, yelling “NaZi”, & burning down Tesla dealerships. I call them “Teslacles”.

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School Board Elections should be everyone’s priority

Many of those school board races are “no-win” situations, where your choices are between a democrat socialist or far-left progressive.

Aside from those who are unaware that there is a local school board election, or the fact that any resident over 18 regardless of voter status can participate in their local school board election, that is a failure on us to properly message…

…but for the life of me I can't figure out why so many Delawareans are so unaware, self involved, willfully ignorant, or just plain lazy when it comes to school board elections!

Look, I'm not worried about who I offend. I will take a bullet for my child. I will jump in front of a moving bus for my child. I will certainly not draw the line at being called ‘bigot’.

I've been called a racist, a homophobe, a transphobe, and every other ‘phobe' you can think of, and I take pride in knowing that NONE of those people have walked away from our conversation still believing I was one of those vile, hateful slurs.

Note: Indian River has no seats opening up in 2026 unless an incumbent departs before their term ends.

Democrat socialist Doug ‘Danger' Manley, handily one his seat on the Christina school board like he was king Hoover!

Manley's conduct is unbecoming of an elected representative!

Recall Doug Danger Manley from Christina School District Board of Education¹⁵

Christina & Red Clay school districts both have Transgender policies where teachers & administrators will secretly TransPharm a child behind the parents back!!!

In the 1952 book by Herbert A. Philbrick; “I Led 3 Lives: Citizen, Communist, Counterspy” I was shocked to see the communist speak of taking control of school boards! Heck, I only learned of school boards shortly before the Covid.

A great golden nugget found in that book was a section titled Appendix II — The Communist and the Liberal.¹⁶

Less than 10% of eligible Delaware residents vote in school board elections. In 2019, that number was under 3%! This appears to hold true to National trends. As per grok:

Nationwide voter turnout in school board elections is typically very low, often ranging from 5% to 10% of eligible voters, according to estimates from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and other sources. In some areas, turnout can be even lower, with examples like Newark, New Jersey, seeing 3% to 4% participation, or Oklahoma City, where only a few hundred voters participated in a city of over 700,000. However, turnout varies by region and election timing, with "off-cycle" elections (not aligned with major state or national elections) often seeing significantly lower participation than "on-cycle" elections. For instance, states like Michigan that moved school board elections to on-cycle years saw turnout increase to as high as 60% in some districts, compared to under 10% previously. Comprehensive national data is limited due to the decentralized nature of school board elections and lack of consistent tracking across all 50 states.

If you do care, and want to make change, (you're here, so I believe that true) then please take the time to read the post links below, get educated on the issues, & engage in conversation, and VOTE!

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Even for residents who do not have children in the school district, school board elections are still critical because education is a fundamental pillar of society. Schools play a crucial role in shaping the values and beliefs of our youth and preparing them for their future roles as citizens and leaders. Moreover, education has a significant impact on economic development, social cohesion, and individual opportunities for success.

School board members are responsible for overseeing the policies, programs, and resources of the school district, including curriculum development, teacher hiring and training, budget allocation, and student discipline. The decisions made by school board members can have a profound impact on the quality of education, the safety of students, and the overall well-being of the community.

Schools are pushing anti-American curriculum and spewing Marxist ideology, antithetical to American values of Liberty, Freedom, and Equality for All.

Many parents are just unaware of the failures of the American education system. I understand, I had been there too.

Many of your own neighbors may feel as if they have no need to vote in a school board election when they have no children in school. Make it your goal to show them that as an American citizen tax payer, they do have skin in the game.

Stay tuned for a big announcement regarding school library books!

1. https://www.abetterdelaware.org/2025/05/01/the-importance-of-school-board-elections

2. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/appoquinimink/board/2025/index.shtml

3. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/christina/board/2025/index.shtml

4. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/redclay/board/2025/index.shtml

5. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/smyrna/board/2025/index.shtml

6. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/brandywine/board/2025/index.shtml

7. https://delawarelive.com/parents-plead-for-safety-heated-brandywine-meet/

8. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/caesarrodney/board/2025/index.shtml

9. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/lakeforest/board/2025/index.shtml

10. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/capital/board/2025/index.shtml

11. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/capehenlopen/board/2025/index.shtml

12. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/indianriver/board/2025/index.shtml

13. https://elections.delaware.gov/school/woodbridge/board/2025/index.shtml

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• ACLU of Delaware

• Coalition for a Safer Delaware

• Delaware Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

• Delaware NAACP

• Indivisible Highlands and Beyond

• Network Delaware

15. https://resigndangermanley.blogspot.com/2025/04/resign-danger-manley-from-christina.html

16. https://x.com/SchoolingDel/status/1744848603082838506