This November, our community must make the right choice again.Ī transplant Realtor from South Florida with no background in education, no degree of any kind, with a checkered financial past, is running on the same platform as she who was rejected in the primary. Her victory was not a partisan victor it was a community victory. Yet Sally Hunt, a centrist Democrat with an education and business background, won. Political affiliations in nonpartisan races are not secrets, and in this primary, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by over 60%. The other, despite a huge advantage in funding plus outside help from extremist PACs, was vanquished in the primary. Luckily, one of the above board members ran for County Commissioner and lost handily. We are in a 'seller's market' for educators, and our best are at risk - risk exacerbated by poor board leadership. Meanwhile, teacher shortages are pervasive. Our school system is our largest employer by a very large margin, and the past two years have been chaotic and uncertain. When a private company's leadership foments chaos and uncertainty, they lose their best and brightest employees to competition. This was destabilizing and demoralizing to teachers and staff. We fell from an 'A' district in 2019 to a 'B' in DOE grading, with several schools slipping and only one improving.Īt the same time, we endured the chaos two School Board members wrought by their performances, process abuses, and extreme 'culture war' positions. I am sorry to say I know few satisfied with the performance and reputation of Flagler Schools over the past two years.

Choose competence, not culture war grandstanding, in School Board election

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