Blog: T/E School Board Candidates Asked What's Most Important Issue - Responses from Tredyffrin Democratic candidates & Easttown Candidates, No Tredyffrin Republican Candidates Response

We know that local elections are important and that the choices that you make on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8 will help determine the future of our school district.  As a way to better understand the school board candidates and what they value as the most important issues facing the district, I sent a three-part question to all Tredyffrin-Easttown School Board candidates. Previously, I had received and posted the responses from Easttown school board candidates – Republican Pete Motel and Democrat Craig Lewis.

Following the League of Women Voters debate on October 25, I received responses to the question from Tredyffrin Democratic school board candidates.  However, the Tredyffrin Republican school board candidates declined to participate.

Below is the question and the responses from Tredyffrin’s Democratic school board candidates Karen Cruickshank, Jerry Henige, Scott Dorsey and Jenny Wessels. Following their responses, I have reposted the responses from Easttown’s school board candidates Pete Motel (R) and Craig Lewis (D)

It’s a shame that the Republican school board candidates in Tredyffrin Township declined to respond. One of two reasons — either the Republican school board candidates in Tredyffrin didn’t see any value in my question (and their answers) or they didn’t see value in Community Matters.  But then two of the Republican school board candidates (Tara LaFiura, Region 1 and Liz Mercogliano, Region 2) decided against participating in the League of Women Voters debate so perhaps I should not take their decision as personal.

School board candidates were asked to respond, in 200 words or less to this 3-part question:  (1) In your opinion, what is the single most important issue facing the T/E School District; (2) if elected, what would you to do to help solve or improve this situation and (3) the T/E School Board needs problem-solvers; what in your background or job experience qualifies you to help solve this important issue.

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