Despite the high population of Latin students, the school board in Norristown Area is ready not to have Latinos members next year after the original election campaign led by the current president of the school board Chris Jaramillo failed on Tuesday.
Jaramillo and the current member of the board of Tessi Ruiz began the writing campaign last month after their names and surnames of their current partners, were removed from the main voting card in the documentation, and the Local Democratic Committee supported a number of newcomers run by the committee leader, Bill Caldwell.
Jaramillo and Ruiz argued that voters should keep their office to preserve the Latin representation in the school council, which regulates the district in which half of the student body is Latin.
However, writing campaigns are usually arduous to perform, especially from just a few weeks to the campaign, and voices in the positions of the school board fell much below the votes obtained by the list of the decocratic.
After Tuesday’s defeat, Jaramillo said that he was not planning to conduct a writing campaign in November or running as independent.
“I am very humiliated that I received so much support during these original choices,” said Jaramillo on Friday. “I think the message was clear. I think the community is watching.”
Without any objection to GOP, a list of democratic thickness-deserted from Caldwell, Cynthia Davenport marketing consultant, engineer Terell Dale, former director of Jeremiah Lemke and social activist Jordan Alexander-MA a clear path to victory in November.
Although the plaque is racially varied and includes members of the LGBTQ community, the leaders of the Latin community were afraid that the loss of this representation would mean the voice and needs of Latin parents and students would not be heard. They worried progress in relations between Latin families, and the district would get stuck.
Caldwell, who did not answer the request for comment on Friday, said that the democratic board would be based on Latin students when the candidates took the office.
The Local Democratic Committee in Norristown, East Norriton and West Norriton refused to support the Jaramillo and Ruiz re -election campaign, citing broad fears related to Jaramillo’s leadership style and cooperation with other governments. Jaramillo said that the key element of this opposition was the result of his opposition to the proposal that would give the relief of real estate tax for older housing development at an affordable price. The project developer was the highest donor of the leader of the majority of Pennsylvania, Matt Bradford, a democrat representing this area.
Jaramillo said that last month he was frustrated with the role played by special interests in the election of the school board. Over the years, some democrats question the honesty of the party’s support system.
