The town legal department said on Monday that it was investigating the question of what would happen if she gets enough write-in votes to win a seat, but it said no immediate information was available.Īn unaffiliated voter, Philbin said she only registered to vote this year because she wanted to support Galletta’s campaign. If Philbin were elected, it would challenge the even balance of the school board, which the charter mandates will have four Republican members and four Democratic members.
Chair Peter Bernstein and former Chair Peter Sherr, both Republicans, are not seeking reelection. A fourth candidate, Claire Muldoon, dropped out of the race. There are three Republicans running for two open seats: Michael-Joseph Mercanti-Anthony, Megan Galletta and Cody Kittle. The Democrats are running two candidates for two seats, incumbent Vice Chair Kathleen Stowe and Laura Kostin, a member of the Representative Town Meeting.
Gabe Rosenberg, general counsel for the secretary of the state’s office confirmed that Philbin has filed the proper notification to be a write-in candidate.įour seats are on the ballot for the eight-member school board in the Nov. 19 deadline in place for write-in candidates. Town Clerk Carmella Budkins said Thursday that her office had not yet received official notification about Philbin’s candidacy from the state, which has an Oct. Our curriculum developers need to readopt proven, effective traditional learning without bias or perception.” Race for school board “We need to reprioritize infrastructure and quality education and programming, not social and emotional and health and welfare. “I understand and I listen and now it’s time for the superintendent to awaken to the needs of our community,” Philbin said. There has been “a major shift” toward social and emotional learning as well as health and welfare and away from core academics in the school district, she said. “It is clear to me that this transformation is not focused on sound infrastructure and a quality education.” “The Greenwich Public Schools education system is undergoing a major transformation,” Philbin said. Philbin said she is also focusing on issues that the current school board and Superintendent of Schools Toni Jones are not addressing.
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