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A Critical Guide to the School Board Elections

A recap of the candidates & speakers who attended the 'Save Our Schools' town halls as well as the values we share

May 3, 2023
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Delaware School board elections are just ONE WEEK AWAY!

»Why are School Board elections so critical?

»Who can vote, and how?

»How well do you know the candidates who are running in your local school board election?

»Are you aware of the current state of public education?

Are you aware of what is going on in the schools that YOU pay for? Click here to learn more.

School board elections are critical!

They directly impact the education and well-being of our communities and future generations.

The importance of local self-governance, a.k.a. Federalism1 and the protection of individual rights are enshrined in our constitution.

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.

This could not be more evident than in the experiences & writings of America's Greatest Educator, Booker T. Washington.

*View the footnote to learn more about this great man of integrity2

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.

Residents without children in the school district also have a stake in the success of the school system.

High-performing schools can attract new businesses, increase property values, and improve the overall quality of life in a community. In contrast, failing schools can lead to increased crime, decreased property values, and a negative impact on the local economy.

Furthermore, as taxpayers, all residents contribute to the funding of public schools. School board members are responsible for ensuring that these funds are used effectively and efficiently to provide high-quality education for all students. Residents without children in the school district have a right to demand accountability and transparency from school board members regarding the use of public funds!

School board elections provide an opportunity for residents, by electing responsible and capable school board members, to ensure that all students, regardless of their background, have access to high-quality education that prepares our youth for success in the future.


Who can vote, and how?

You DO NOT need to be registered to vote to participate in your local school board election.

Candidates must run based on their specific nominating district, but all residents may vote, regardless of where they live within the school district.

If you can not make it to vote in person on Tuesday, May 9, vote absentee.

Time is limited. You must request your ballot by noon on Friday, May 5. Your completed ballot must be received by end of day on May 9.

  • How can I get an absentee ballot application?

  • A person can vote absentee by mail or at the county Department's office. People who want to vote at the county Department's office must make an appointment by calling the office. Click here for contact information.

You may also vote an absentee ballot in-person.

Per Delaware Department of Elections:

If you do not think that there is sufficient time for the mail system to get the the ballot to the Department of Elections conducting the election, deliver it to the Department or have someone deliver it to the Department for you.

You can go to the Department of Elections for the county conducting the election with proof of identity and address on any normal business day between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. until two days before the day of the election, and between 8:30 a.m. and 12 Noon on the day before the election.

In New Castle County, this would be the Carvel State Office Building.

  • Dept. of Elections Address & Contact Information

  • School Election Absentee Voting Page

Not all districts will have an election this year. If there is only one candidate running for that specific seat, that candidate is automatically declared the winner.

IMPORTANT: There are TWO candidates to vote for in Christiana and Red Clay School Districts — one from each Nominating District.  There is only one at-large candidate to vote for in APPO School District.

  • Christina Nominating Districts C & E - Vote for candidate in both districts 

  • Red Clay Nominating Districts A & D - Vote for candidate in both districts

In a rare display of fiscal responsibility, Delaware state proves efficient in not holding an election when one isn’t needed. Only the districts where there is more than one candidate running for a specific seat is there an election.

  • Find Voting Locations in Your District

The Department of Elections in each county holds public meetings before and after each election for auditing the voting machines, scanners and the election results.   The public is permitted show up and witness these processes.  

The following link provides the dates and times of these public meetings.    Please add these to your personal calendar and consider attending, if at all possible. They’re informative and our attendance shows we’re watching and are interested.

  • Public Election Audit Dates & Locations

Please share this post, then bring those people with you to vote MAY 9! 🗽

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Do you know the candidates who are running in your local school board election?

Do their views reflect your values?

Here's what you need to know.

Parental education rights movement still going strong3

This year's slate of candidates include a diverse group of Delaware citizens intent on restoring lost trust, integrity & transparency in public education. These stand-up individuals were compelled to run by their desire to see that academic achievement, merit, fiscal responsibility, discipline, and prosperity for all students is reintroduced to public education.

United States Flag With Thank You Patriotic Message Placed On Wooden ...

April 18-20, Citizens for Delaware Schools4 held a series of Education Town Halls. During those town halls we heard speakers addressing Failing Academics, Teacher Shortages, Parental Rights, and School Safety. We also heard from elected representatives, school board candidates, and members from the community. The floor was then opened up to the audience for a 'Question & Answer' session with the speakers.

'Save Delaware Schools' Town Hall - Kent, Sussex, & New Castle County

'Save Delaware Schools' Town Hall - Kent, Sussex, & New Castle County

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Apr 15
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Education town hall focuses on woke agendas, parental rights

April 19, 2023 | Delaware Live

Watch the entire Kent County Town Hall recorded livestream

The New Castle County Town Hall can be viewed in it's entirety here: 👇


Learn more about the candidates by using Citizens for Delaware Schools ‘School Board Candidate Guide’


✰ Speakers and Highlights ✰

Civil Discourse on the tenets of Critical Race Theory [part 1]

Civil Discourse on the tenets of Critical Race Theory [part 2] Proud American Immigrant Stands Tall! 🗽🇺🇸💪

Laurel Middle School Mother Speaks Out Against School Violence in Delaware Public Schools [Full speech]

[CLIP] "The constitution doesn't require a department of education"; Elana Fishbein

[CLIP] “To the parents who say ‘I will take a bullet for my kids’, WHERE ARE THEY?"; Elana Fishbein

[CLIP] Single digit applicants; Celeste Bunting

[CLIP] What's causing Delaware's teacher shortage?; Celeste Bunting

[CLIP] The challenge of classroom management and discipline; Beth Conaway

[CLIP] The real world consequences of restorative justice; Beth Conaway

[CLIP] What is restorative justice?; Beth Conaway

[CLIP] Delaware's Poor Showing in Student Academic Performance; Tanya Hettler

State rep. Mike Ramone talks about creating an environment where all children have the opportunity for success, which does not lower the standards to compensate for weakness, but instead focuses on strengths

"...compliment the teachers instead of displace the teacher"

-VIDEOS OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ADDED
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PLEASE CHECK BACK!

✰ Candidates ✰

Emily Phelan5 - Caesar Rodney [at large]

Marie Fontaine St. Pierre6 - Smyrna [at large]

Christine Gilbert7 - Christina [District C]

Yong “Luke” Peng8 - Christina [District E]

John Shulli9 - Red Clay [District A]

26 years in the Army & the Department of Defense - Thank You for your service!

Carlucci Coelho10 - Red Clay [District D]

Doug Manley11 - Christina [District C]

While Doug Manley & I may agree that ‘Danger’ is a pretty cool middle name, there probably is not much policy wise that we agree on. That being said, albeit vague, Doug took the opportunity to speak to people. Even people of whom he knew share a different view. I also thank him for his service as a volunteer for the fire department.

Examples of some 'tolerant' Tweets made by public servant Doug Manning

See the posts below on “Book Banning”, and decide for yourself if the content is appropriate for children under the age of 18. How much sex is too much sex in a school library book?

Doug is correct, books don’t magically appear inside “schools & libraries” (or rather should he have been contextual and have said “school libraries”, to not conflate wanting removing inappropriate books from “public libraries”, because that is not the case if that is what you have been led to believe) Somebody did in fact make that decision to put that book there, and more than likely it was not the parents of the students.

Ironically, so many in his words ring true here. “The modern obsession with children’s genitals is just appalling” Absolutely agree! We do not allow a child to get a tattoo until the age of eighteen because young children are known to make poor decisions, yet that same child at eight, without her parents knowledge, can make the decision to become a boy and permanently mutilate their body? That is a sick, wicked, perversion!

Innocence Under Siege

Innocence Under Siege

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Mar 1
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This post gives examples of the deviancy which has infiltrated our society, and warping the minds of our youth by desensitizing them to perversion. A main speaker at the above event is a young girl named Chloe Cole who started transitioning at the age of 13! Chloe had a double mastectomy at 15, and de-transed at 16. She will never be able to breast feed a child!

Do you want to see what “gender affirming care” looks like?

THIS is what “gender affirming care” looks like!

  • All the above candidates have a donate links which links to a personal donation site such as PayPal…….all except one. Doug Manley’s donation link goes to ACT BLUE, a Democrat Political Action Committee.


Are You Aware of the Current State of Public Education?

I have jam packed this post with resources of various policy issues facing public education in America.

This is not about politics.

This is about values.

You may be surprised to learn just how many people share similar values, but many never now. Politics takes away from that necessary civil discourse.

Please take the time to know and understand the issues plaguing our government funded education, and please, share this post with others.

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Screaming over Book Banning is all the rage these days, but is wanting sexually explicit material out of the hands of minors really “banning”?

'Book Burning' or 'Protecting Children'

'Book Burning' or 'Protecting Children'

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October 8, 2022
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Gaslighting, Disingenuousness & Exaggeration: The "Book Banning" Debate

by

Adam B. Coleman
, author of "Black Victim To Black Victor"12

We are in a culture of DEI or die! Do you want your child to be told they are ‘less than?’ A recap of a series of articles from the

Journal of Free Black Thought

Six Unsettling Features of DEI in K-12 [Abridged]

Six Unsettling Features of DEI in K-12 [Abridged]

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October 16, 2022
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Residents arrive to protest 8005, only finding out about the proposal three days before the final vote.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Red Clay school board narrowly passed policy 8005 which eliminates gender, establishing Red Clay as a “gender neutral” school.

In what can only be seen as a deceitful fly-by-night decision, the debate on the policy that would eventually be sent to the full school board for a final vote was held during a week where school was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. During this meeting, the draft policy was modified to REMOVE the provision in which would have provided for the notification of parents if a child requests to change their gender identity at school.

To put it bluntly, in a fly-by-night meeting, of which many residents were unaware of, cloaked by a national holiday, LQBTQ groups from all over the state, who were very aware of this meeting, stripped out a provision for the sole purpose of hiding gender transitions from the parents…. All in the name of inclusion!

Policy 8005 Transgender And Gender Diverse Students
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Proposal 8005 passed by ONE vote. Two of those board members who voted in the affirmative have seats up for election this year.

This is a resource made to teach kindergarteners about transexuality found in West Chester PA curriculum - who also admit to hiding gender transitions from parents.

Delaware Schools are Failing our Children!

Delaware Schools are Failing our Children!

October 15, 2022
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Delaware Students proficiency during the 2021-2022 school year

  • 42.36% English language arts (ELA)

  • 29.48% Math

  • 87.02% Graduation Rate (This statistical anomaly can only occur if the students are being pushed through the system)

In Glasgow High School, 94% of students can not do arithmetic at grade level, yet the principal feels it is okay to remove students from classroom learning to attend Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club!

Delaware Teacher Holds Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club During Class Time

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December 18, 2022
Delaware Teacher Holds Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club During Class Time

Watch now (3 min) | Exposed by 👁 Inside The Classroom How did we go from being told as a kid “do not talk to strangers”, and that no adult should ever ask you to keep a secret from your parents to… …schools sexually indoctrinating young children, providing “gender therapy”, advising then how to permanently mutilate & alter their body, all while helping them

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‘Restorative Justice’ Is Killing American Classrooms

‘Restorative Justice’ Is Killing American Classrooms

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Apr 8
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The Delaware ACLU wrote a letter to remove School Resource Officers13 from the Red Clay School District.

Removing School Resource Officers and Constables is a continuation of this important work of building inclusive school environments that are not rooted in fear and bias but instead nurtures and values ALL of our children.

—Shannon Griffin

Policy Advocate, ACLU of Delaware

While simultaneously, Appoquinimink School District votes to install metal detectors!

Appo to lease weapon detectors amid schools’ focus on safety14

March 16, 2023 | Delaware Live

This is a podcast dedicated to the mind of America’s greatest intellectual, Thomas Sowell.

This episode features a January 1993 interview with Thomas Sowell about his book "Inside American Education."

This interview plays as if were from today, yet it was recorded 30 years ago!

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Here is a heartwarming video from a father along side his adorable daughter who understands what is at stake. We need more fathers like him.

The Woke Reformation

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November 10, 2022
The Woke Reformation

There has been a new reformation of public thought, and it needs to be understood and dismantled. The Woke Reformation is a documentary series for those concerned about the new cultish religion of Wokeness. Below is a series of ten short videos titled "

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Violence in Delaware Schools

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Feb 19
Violence in Delaware Schools

The safety of the students and staff of Delaware schools is in a steep, rapid decline. Following the return to full-time, in-person learning, an amassing amount of anecdotal reports indicate that violence is rising in K-12 schools. Teachers are reporting breaking up fights in schools and are raising concerns about their own safety.

Read full story

The Most Accomplished Black American Doctor 'CANCELED'

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December 12, 2022
The Most Accomplished Black American Doctor 'CANCELED'

Detroit school board votes to remove Dr. Ben Carson's name from public high school Upon reading this article, I wanted to do more than just ‘share another news story’. I wanted to take this opportunity to add depth to the achievements o…

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They know no bounds.

Through this journey, I have found inspiration in so many amazing Americans I have met and read.

Integrity is not lost!

The Power of 'Sowell'

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May 13
The Power of 'Sowell'

An Intoduction to Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell is a renowned American economist, social theorist, and philosopher who has made significant contributions to the fields of economics, political philosophy, and social policy. Sowell is widely regarded as one of the greatest thinkers of our time, and his work has had a profound impact on modern conservative an…

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The Thomas Sowell Reader

The Thomas Sowell Reader

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November 6, 2022
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Equity versus Equality

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Jan 13
Equity versus Equality

Equity - a euphemistic word that is so causually littered across nearly every aspect of modern western societies. It is important to be able to understand and articulate the word "equity", and the implications equity has on freedom. Equity is antithetical to Equality.

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Replacing God...with Satan?

Replacing God...with Satan?

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October 2, 2022
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Proud Father Calls Out School Board Member for Teaching Marxist Ideology

Proud Father Calls Out School Board Member for Teaching Marxist Ideology

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January 5, 2022
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Pennsylvania Elementary School Training Introduces Kindergarteners to Transgenderism

Pennsylvania Elementary School Training Introduces Kindergarteners to Transgenderism

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October 19, 2022
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CDC Unanimously Approves 15-0 Adding COVID-19 Vaccine to the 2023 US Childhood Immunization Schedule

CDC Unanimously Approves 15-0 Adding COVID-19 Vaccine to the 2023 US Childhood Immunization Schedule

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October 22, 2022
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Roald Dahl and the Woke Machine

Roald Dahl and the Woke Machine

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Mar 5
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Civil Discourse is Vital to Preserve a Nation of Liberty

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Mar 12
Civil Discourse is Vital to Preserve a Nation of Liberty

With school board elections just around the corner, [May 9, 2023] it is critical that we engage in meaningful civil discourse with our neighbors, co-workers, family & friends. This can be achieved by speaking of the values of which we share. I have yet to meet a person who does not wish to see children reach their full potential. While there may be disag…

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is where true UNITY lies!

Schooling Delaware Newsletter

State of Delaware Education
By Gaetano
1

Federalism—a measured balance of national and state governance

“the great experiment which shall prove that man is capable of living in society, governing itself by laws self-imposed, and securing to its members the enjoyment of life, liberty, property, and peace; and further to show, that even when the government of its choice shall manifest a tendency to degeneracy, we are not at once to despair, but that the will and watchfulness of its sounder parts will reform its aberrations, recall it to original and legitimate principles, and restrain it within the rightful limits of self-government.”

—Thomas Jefferson; 1825

THOMAS JEFFERSON’S FEDERALISM, 1774‒1825

June 8, 2015 | ISI Archive

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Click the image above to purchase the unaltered 1901 edition

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856 in Franklin County, Virginia. Booker T. Washington, through hard work, perseverance, and a desire to educate, became a dominant figure in American history. He exemplifies what it means to overcome adversity through hard work, perseverance, merit, and individual self-worth. In fact, it is this man's quote that is the first thing new readers are greeted with when they visit the Schooling Delaware newsletter.

Booker T. Washington Bio from the Tuskegee Institute, the school Booker T. Washington founded.

I personally recommend the 2018 audiobook narrated by Sean Murphy. Many other narrators just seemed to fall flat.
3

https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_715e4204-e501-11ed-9f7c-bbb108c1a2fd.html

4

https://citizens4delawareschools.org

5

https://www.facebook.com/Emily-Phelan-for-CR-School-Board-106435995764799

6

https://www.facebook.com/people/Marie-Fontaine-St-Pierre-for-Smyrna-School-Board/100090186276428/

7

https://christine-gilbert.com

8

http://lukepeng4de.info

9

https://www.facebook.com/shulliredclay/

10

https://carluccidistrict13.com

11

https://www.douglasdangermanley.com

12

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Victim-Victor-Identifying-ideologies/dp/B0915JT4XD

13

https://www.aclu-de.org/en/news/our-letter-red-clay-school-district-removal-sros

14

https://delawarelive.com/appo-to-lease-weapon-detectors-school-safety/

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