On May 9th, Delawareans across the state will vote for school district board members. It happens every year! This year will be no exception. Below are the list of districts with open seats for the election and who has already filed.
Appoquinimink, at-large, expires 2022, no filings
Brandywine, District D, expires 2022, no filings
Caesar Rodney, at-large, expires 2022, Alan Claycomb (filed 2/3/17)
Cape Henlopen, Area D, expires 2022, no filings
Capital, at-large, expires 2022, Andres Ortiz (filed 2/2/17)
Christina, District G, expires 2022, Shirley Sutton-Saffer (filed 1/5/17) and Jeffrey Day (filed 1/31/17)
Delmar, at-large, expires 2022, no filings
Lake Forest, at-large, expires 2022, Austin Auen (filed 1/6/17)
Laurel, at-large, expires 2022, Linda Wintjen (filed 12/30/16)
Milford, Area D, expires 2022, no filings
Milford, at-large, expires 2022, no filings
Red Clay, District C, expires 2022, no filings
Seaford, at-large, expires 2022, Michael Kraft (filed 1/4/17)
Smyrna, at-large, expires 2022, Vetra Evans-Gunter (filed 1/23/17)
Woodbridge, at-large, expires 2022, no filings
So it looks like we have one contested seat up in Christina, but no others… yet. That will change. The filing deadline is the first Friday in March. And no, I will not be running for Capital again this year. But I do see one of my opponents is taking another shot at it. Good luck Mr. Ortiz! Indian River does not have any open board seats this year. All I can say about school board elections is get the word out. The number of votes in these things compared to the number of students in the district is very small. People shouldn’t complain about school board members if they don’t vote in these elections! Come April, you will start seeing school board election signs all over the place across Delaware. Don’t steal them though, it is still against the law!
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