{"id":18675,"date":"2013-10-08T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T13:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18675"},"modified":"2013-10-08T11:02:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T15:02:57","slug":"letter-disappointed-board-candidate-wont-attend-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18675","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Board candidate won&#8217;t attend forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To the Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Letters12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-18679\" alt=\"Letters1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Letters12.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Letters12.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Letters12-142x100.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a>I am very disappointed that the League of Women Voters&#8217; traditional Meet the Candidates Night for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board election will not be taking place this year. The League offered to host a forum for the discussion of issues in the contested race in Region C, however my opponent has declined to participate.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that addressing the issues should be a vital component of any campaign for the School Board. An open and public forum where our residents can ask questions is crucial in helping voters to select a well-qualified candidate. It is a cornerstone of our democratic process to have such forums that are available to everyone and provide for a well-informed electorate.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It is unfortunate that this opportunity will not be offered to our residents to address some of the issues facing our district, including: the budget and the question of exceptions to the Act 1 Index; unfunded mandates from the state and federal governments; future renovations of some of our school buildings; the evaluation and adequate compensation of our educators; and how we can keep pace with the ever-changing educational landscape and the increasing demands on our students.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, in lieu of a public discussion, I invite you to visit my website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leticia4schoolboard.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.leticia4schoolboard.com<\/a> to learn more about some of these important issues, and to submit your questions. I also invite voters from Pennsbury and Chadds Ford on October 22nd to meet me at the Mushroom Cafe at 9AM and the Starbucks in Glen Mills at 7 p.m., to discuss some of these important issues.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that serving on the Board is a privilege and a responsibility. Answering difficult questions is \u2013 and should be \u2013 part of that responsibility. I look forward to addressing your issues as School Board Director.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Leticia Flores DeWilde<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> School Board Director<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Unionville-Chadds Ford School District<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor, I am very disappointed that the League of Women Voters&#8217; traditional Meet the Candidates Night for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board election will not be taking place this year. The League offered to host a forum for the discussion of issues in the contested race in Region C, however my opponent has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[485,2818,1286],"class_list":["post-18675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters","tag-board-of-education","tag-election-2013","tag-unionville-chadds-ford-school-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}