David Cecile
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David Cecile is a Democratic at-large representative on the Syracuse City School District school board in New York. First elected in 2013, Cecile won a new term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Cecile worked as a teacher and principal at Shea Middle School and Henninger High School for 27 years before retirement. He has worked as a substitute teacher.[1] Cecile has a grandchild who attends district schools.[2]
Elections
2017
Three of seven seats on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education Commissioners in New York were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three incumbents ran for re-election. Incumbents Patricia Body, David Cecile, and Derrick Dorsey defeated newcomers Michael Hunter and Darlene Medley.[3]
Body, Cecile, and Dorsey filed as Democrats. Newcomer Hunter filed as a Conservative. Newcomer Medley filed under the Working Families Party along with incumbents Body and Cecile, who cross-filed. Body also filed as a member of the Women's Equality Party.[4]
Results
| Syracuse City School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Cross-filed (2) |  David Cecile Incumbent |
31.99% | 18,088 | |
| Cross-filed (3) | Patricia Body Incumbent |
29.36% | 16,601 | |
| Democratic | Derrick Dorsey Incumbent |
24.19% | 13,675 | |
| Conservative | Michael Hunter | 7.44% | 4,206 | |
| Working Families Party | Darlene Medley | 6.76% | 3,819 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.26% | 146 | ||
| Total Votes | 56,535 | |||
| Source: Onondaga County Board of Elections, "The Election Book - 2017 General Election," accessed December 6, 2017 | ||||
2013
Cecile won election to the board against incumbent Patricia Body and fellow challengers Derrick L. Dorsey, Edward J. McLaughlin and Barbara E. Humphrey. The Syracuse Democratic Committee designated Cecile as one of three Democratic candidates during a May 4, 2013 vote.[5]
Results
| Syracuse City School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | David Cecile |
30% | 12,336 | |
| Democratic | Patricia Body Incumbent |
23.9% | 9,834 | |
| Democratic | Derrick L. Dorsey |
23.4% | 9,611 | |
| Republican | Edward J. McLaughlin | 15% | 6,177 | |
| Green | Barbara E. Humphrey | 7.6% | 3,115 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 82 | |
| Total Votes | 41,155 | |||
| Source: Information submitted to Ballotpedia through e-mail from the Onondaga County Board of Elections on December 18, 2013. | ||||
Funding
Cecile reported $4,148.90 in contributions and $2,708.09 in expenditures to the New York State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $1,440.81 on hand.[6][7]
Endorsements
Cecile received the endorsement of the Post-Standard in the 2013 election.[8]
Campaign themes
2013
Student discipline
During an October 7, 2013 candidate forum, Cecile advocated for alternative education programs to deal with disciplinary issues in district schools:[9]
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"I've been (a teacher and principal) in the schools for 28 years. . . . A lot of the suspensions are not for minor infractions. That's a misunderstanding on a lot of people's parts. A lot of the suspensions are for violent, physical behavior." [10] |
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District curriculum
In an interview with the Syracuse New Times, Cecile explained his views on the district's curriculum:[2]
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"We need to see more families getting involved in their children’s education, in their local schools. Until we get parents involved on a regular basis, we’re not going to see a lot of change. Right now we have some very serious behavioral issues in our middle schools and high schools. We need to continue to have police officers in those schools to make sure we have safe and secure learning environments for our kids. And we don’t have enough different programs for kids. Everybody’s expected to get a Regents diploma. We don’t have enough technical and vocational programming. We don’t have parenting courses for our pregnant and parenting teens, whether they’re boys or girls. We don’t have enough preschool programs for our young children prior to entering kindergarten. We have a lot of our kids in the city who are so far behind when they enter school that they never get caught up. While I was principal at Henninger, we saw a lot of our former students’ children in school there, and those parents were coming in and struggling with their own children as they had struggled when they were in school. But they had a connection to Henninger, to a number of us who had worked there. Those young parents felt comfortable sending their kids to Henninger and trying to get involved in what we were trying to do with their kids. What we need to see more of is not as much change of teachers and administrators, bouncing people all over the district, but keeping people in their schools, in their communities so they can get to know those parents and those kids." [10] |
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Recent news
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See also
- Syracuse City School District, New York
- Syracuse City School District elections (2017)
- Syracuse City School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Big field of candidates line up for Syracuse school board," April 10, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Syracuse New Times, "David Cecile: Board Members Should Teach," October 2, 2013
- ↑ Onondaga County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election - 11/7/2017," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Marielle Bricker, "Email communication with Allison Wright," August 30, 2017
- ↑ DemocracyWise, "David Cecile," accessed September 9, 2013
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Contribution Search," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Expenditure Search," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Editorial endorsements: Our picks for Syracuse Board of Education," October 29, 2013
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Syracuse residents pepper candidates with questions, mostly about schools," October 8, 2013
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Syracuse City School District elections in 2017 | |
| Onondaga County, New York | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Patricia Body • Incumbent, David Cecile • Incumbent|Derrick Dorsey • Michael Hunter • Darlene Medley |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
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