Author: Easton Gazette

Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, Twitter The Talbot County Board of Education elections on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 ended with three new members on the board. In District Two, Ann O’Connor defeated incumbent Candace Henry. Henry is currently the Vice President of the Board. O’Connor is a former teacher, is married, and has six children, all of whom have attended the Talbot County Public Schools. She ran on a platform based on the ABC’s of education: Advancing Academics, Boosting Accountability, and Cultivating Character. In District Five, Karla Wieland Cherry defeated incumbent Anna Howie. Howie had been appointed by Governor Wes Moore…

With the recent re-election of Donald Trump, many in the education business have either been cheering or fearing the changes that may happen during his second term. In his first term, education was not a priority in the list of issues Trump needed to address. He promised to dismantle the Department of Education. He attempted to do so by appointing Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education. DeVos then shrank the size of the agency, much to the dismay of the unions. She did this by consolidation of offices within the agency causing the Department of Education to lose 14% of its…