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Strange,

We have the teachers DSEA backed candidate (Lindell) vs., the Administration back (Clements) can you say special interest?

Few Dover residents in the Capitol school district are not aware of the controversies regarding the actions of the Capitol School Board.  The majority of board members voted to grant unreasonable school administrator pay increases in a closed "executive session," a session found by the Delaware State Attorney General to have been conducted illegally.  They also approved the huge expenditures for the new Dover High School and administrative complex with no rationale presented as for how any of that cost would enhance student learning and raise student educational competence levels.  They repeatedly approved questionable solutions promoted by Capitol district school administrators to problems within the school system, such as those to deal with Dover High School being placed in the "partnership" zone for serious, ongoing problems with student academic achievement.  For all intents and purposes, the school board has been nothing more than an extended arm of the Capitol school administration. Ms Clements was one of that majority of school board members voting the items noted above.  

Mr. Matt Lindell is a candidate standing for election to the school board seat currently held by Ms Clements.  I believe he will bring a refreshing breath of honesty, integrity, balance, and openness to the position.  I further believe that he will work for the residents, students, and teachers of the district instead of blindly doing the bidding of the school district administrators.  

DoverMom,

Mr. Lindell was likely endorsed by the Captial Educators Association because he is a former teacher at Dover High School.  Based on my conversations with him, he can hardly be pigeonholed as a special interest advocate.  I'm not one to grant that kind of praise easily.

I am pleased to see the quality of candidates in the upcoming school board elections in the Dover area. I am particularly supportive of Cheryl Precourt in the CR district. She was recognized as the DelawarePolitics.net 2010 Citizen activist of the year. She knows the issues like few others. She understands the concerns of families, studied budgets, read curriculum, and has spent time in the schools. She ran last year and many of her fellow citizens gave her support. Sadly she was just 12 votes short of winning in a large field. I know what it feels like to fall just short, but Cheryl has the same dedication to get back up and keep trying that I did because she also knows that it is not about her. She will be a guardian of your tax money and an ear for your concerns. She is by far the best choice you can imagine. I am pleased to endorse my friend, Mrs. Cheryl Precourt.

In the Capital school district, we have two choices that I really like. Mr. Simmons is a great community servant and leader, who is intelligent and capable. He would be a fine addition who has my greatest respect., Yet I actually have found a completely amazing candidate that I could not pass up. Matt Lindell has the exact right formula for Capital this year. He brings a needed balance for a school district that needs a strong taxpayer advocate who knows what is wrong under the hood of our fine school district. Matt has been a teacher in the district and he is passionate about our children and safeguarding the taxpayers. He will help my friend Brian Lewis bring needed reform to the table. It is for this reason that I hope my fellow citizens join with me in voting for Matt Lindell.

David Anderson

Dover