Łącz under the leadership of the President of the School Council Lower Merion and another incident in the democratic Tuesday, after the controversial race, in which a debate on anti -Semitism in the district and federal threat to public schools occurred.
Four members of the Elect LMSD Slate-President of the School Board, Kerry Sautner, a member of Anna Shurak and novices Juanita Kerber and Jennifer Rivera-were the highest votes among nine members, each of them won from 7800 to 8400 votes.
“The community today showed us that we gained their support and we are proud that they trusted us to talk over our children and our future,” said Elect LMSD in a statement early in the morning. “This is only one chapter in a conversation with our neighbors, colleagues and friends about values and priorities that are of the greatest importance, preparing for the next vote in November.”
Among their contenders was Rich Lester, a democrat who did not win the support of the local party and spent over $ 70,000 of his own money on conducting an independent campaign. He won 4,200 votes.
They also met with three members of the competing slate, the Nissi deck, Jacob Rudolph and Deen Pack, who had the support of GOP, but also appeared in a democratic vote and committed themselves to fight anti -Semitism in schools with lower mericonic schools.
Nissim, Rudolph and Pack, along with the fourth member of Imagine Better LMSD, Omer Dekes, won the Republican Basic and will appear in the November vote.
The school council was extremely sizzling for the lower Merion, a strongly democratic community in which the party winners are preferred in November. Consent with the reaction of the School Council to anti -Semitism from October 7, 2023. Hamas’ attacks on Israel and the Democratic Committee of the Lower Merion and the Narberth support process fueled opposition to the inclined and their shale. Sautner was briefly removed from the main vote on problems with the disclosure of finances.
Some residents opposed the tenor of the race, including political mail, which they considered misleading. Democrats criticized the Local Republican Committee for issuing a democratic “sample vote”, in which candidates supported by GOP performed. Meanwhile, the Democratic Committee stood in the face of a postal reaction, which Trump Heads placed next to the names of these candidates.
Elect LMSD Slate undertook to protect public education and maintain diversity, equality and initiatives in the face of the threats from the administration of President Donald Trump and “political groups and disinformation campaigns”, which, he claims, “are working on dividing our community.”
Lester, a businessman who committed to bring more transparency and leadership to the district, congratulated the Elect LMSD Slate in a statement at the end of Tuesday, and said that he would augment the improvements “in our already strong school system and finding ways to fill in divisions that exist in our community.”
“I am proud that my campaign brought more awareness of the democratic process in our town and I hope that the lasting impact will be driven by a more conscious dialogue and better decision making from our voters,” he said.
