Contact: Michael Deshotels
Defenders of Public Education
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22505 Fairway View Dr.
Zachary, LA, 70791
Defenders of Public Education
Press Release
Defenders of Public Education Announce Their Support for City of Baker School Board Candidates
Defenders of Public Education Finalize Their Selections for the November 4th City of Baker School Board Elections
Baker, LA, October 21, 2014: The Defenders of Public Education (DPE) have announced their candidate selections for the November 4th City of Baker School Board races. DPE is a non-partisan group formed in 2013 that is comprised of thousands of public school educators, parents, and advocates from across the State of Louisiana. Our mission is to promote quality public schools and qualified and committed education leaders that will always put children before profit and will fearlessly represent the voters in their districts.
DPE submitted a survey to all candidates in the City of Baker School Board race and based on the records of candidates and their responses to our survey, DPE has chosen the following education leaders to recommend to voters:
District 1: DPE recommends Elaine G. Davis Ms Davis stated: “As a member of the Baker school board, I voted to convert one of our elementary schools to K-8 magnet. That school is now a B school.”
District 3: DPE recommends incumbent Troy Watson who opposes school taxes going to profit making charter school operators: “Charter schools using public funds should not be profit institutions/organizations” Ms Watson pointed out in her questionnaire.
District 4: DPE recommends, Jerrie Davenport-Williams who supports the full implementation of the teacher bill of rights.
DPE did not make recommendations in races where candidates did not fill out the questionnaire.