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Fairfax, VA
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Fairfax County School Board Hopeful Pretends To Be Parent Of Transgender Kid To Clinic (
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A Fairfax County School Board candidate reportedly isn’t backing down after he lied about being the parent of a transgender child to the Inova Pride Clinic in a seeming attempt to create a link between the district and the clinic. In a video he proudly posted on social media, Republican Jeff Hoffman recorded himself lying about his identity to the clinic, which provides services and medical care for the transgendered community. “I used to say I have a beautiful boy … I’m the stepfather … but he’s going through, I call it a focus group at his school within the local Virginia community in Fa…
Elizabeth, NJ
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19-Year-Olds Both Named 'Nicholas' Win NJ School Board Races
Both are 19 years old. Both are called Nicholas. And both won Board of Education races in New Jersey. In Nutley, Nicholas Scotti won one of the three spots in the seven-candidate race and in Egg Harbor Township, Nicholas Seppy beat out an incumbent board member for an unexpired, one-year term, initially reported by NJ Advance Media. Scotti is a sophomore at George Washington University in Washington and told the outlet he plans on attending the board meetings -- despite the 4-hour drive. Seppy is a sophomore at Stockton University and ran for school board and lost in 2020, NJ Advance…
Brookfield, CT
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Republicans Pull Out Of School Board Candidate Forum In Fairfield County Town
Voters in a Fairfield County town will not have the opportunity to hear from potential school board candidates after Republicans pulled out of a planned forum. In Stratford, in objection to a vaccination mandate for attendees, the Republican candidates announced that they would be pulling out of the forum, which was scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 27. The candidates cited partisan bias, including moderator Jean Rabinow’s Democratic affiliation. They also questioned the debate format, mask mandates, and an overview of the questions set to be posed. Now voters will head to the ballot box witho…
Greenburgh, NY
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Town Supervisor Proposes Extending Elections When Trains Aren't Running
Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner suggested on Wednesday that a state law should be passed to extend elections during emergencies that shut down Metro-North commuter trains. "On Tuesday, May 15th there was a very important election around the county for School Boards and school budgets. . . . And there were some hotly contested elections for School Board in some districts," Feiner said. School budgets were defeated in Brewster and New Rochelle. "Many voters who intended to vote after they came home from work were unable to catch a train to Westchester in time to vote. Vote…
Mamaroneck, NY
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Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know
This story has been updated. School district voters will face a host of proposed capital projects, school board elections and school budgets on Tuesday, May 15. Nearly half the school districts are close to the state-imposed tax cap on annual spending proposals. Also popular this spring: Several Westchester school districts are seeking to set up "Capital Reserve Funds," or so-called rainy day funds of up to $10 million, for emergency expenditures. Two school districts whose budget proposals exceed the cap are Mamaroneck and New Rochelle. Mamaroneck's school district has grow…
