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School Board candidate forums for 2025
As they do every year, First State Educate hosts a series of candidate forums ahead of the May 13 School Board elections. Appo, Capital, Cape, Christina and Smyrna are virtual. Register for these school board forums here.
The Brandywine forum will be held at Brandywine High School. No registration is required.
Note: the Colonial forum is cancelled because none of the open seats had challengers.
Delaware School Board Candidate Forum Recordings
Cape Henlopen School Board Forum
Four of the five candidates running for school board participated in the May 6 forum
Christina School Board Forum
Janiene Campbell and Shannon Troncoso participaged in the April 28 session.
Links to any virtual forum recordings and any media coverage of the forums will be posted here.
Appoquinimink School Board Forum
Sandhya Celestin-Brown and Tim Higgins participated in the April 14 session.
Capital School Board Forum
All four candidates vying for 2 at-large seats participated in the April 15 forum.
Smyrna School Board Forum
Two of the three candidates participated in the April 8 session. Read More (Delaware Public Media)
Watch highlights of the 2023 CRI education forum and learn the Delaware story
Each topic is summarized in six-minute clips about Delaware’s education system.
Academic Performance & Spending – Dr. Tanya Hettler, Ph.D., CRI
Discipline, Violence and Bullying – Dr. Beth Conaway, retired administrator
Teacher Shortages & Student Absenteeism – Rep. Ruth Briggs King
Parental Involvement & School Choice – Britney Mumford, Delaware CAN
Greater Parental Involvement – Adam Coleman, author of Black Victim to Black Victor
Options in School Choice – Americans for Prosperity
Where are the parents in this fight for their children's education?
Where are the parents in this fight for their children's education?
Dr. Elana Fishbein asks during the 2023 town halls: what happened to all the parents who would jump in front of a bus for their children?
Why are they afraid to publicly stand up for their kids?
(2:14 minutes)