Michelle Wall
Michelle Wall is an at-large member of the Appoquinimink School District school board in Delaware. She assumed office on June 2, 2015. Her current term ends in 2025.
Wall (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Delaware State Senate to represent District 14. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on September 15, 2020.
Biography
Wall graduated from Oakton High School in Vienna, Va., in 1995 and went on to earn a B.A. in political science and political communications from James Madison University in 1999.[1]
Wall has worked as an assistant to the Governor of Virginia and First Lady, a development associate for Friends of Library NC State University, an assistant project manager and newsroom assistant for The Raleigh News & Observer and a branch office coordinator for The Arizona Republic. She has also substitute taught in the Appoquinimink School District.[1]
Wall moved to the Appoquinimink School District in 2005. She has two children who attend district schools.[1]
Elections
2015
Opposition
One of the five seats on the Appoquinimink Board of Education was up for election on May 12, 2015. At-large incumbent Julie Johnson's seat was up for election. Newcomer candidate Michelle Myers Wall won the election.
While Johnson did not file to run for re-election, the following eight candidates filed to seek the open seat: Joanne Christian, Tara Greathouse, Michelle Myers Wall, Debbie Harrington, Dainelle Hampton-Morton, Mark Heck, Ryan Scott and William Weller.[2] However, Hampton-Morton and Heck withdrew from the race in time to have their names excluded from the ballot.
Results
| Appoquinimink School District, At-Large General Election, 5-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Michelle Myers Wall |
55.9% | 609 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debbie Harrington | 19.8% | 216 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joanne Christian | 10.7% | 117 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tara Greathouse | 8.9% | 97 | |
| Nonpartisan | William Weller | 2.4% | 26 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ryan Scott | 2.2% | 24 | |
| Total Votes | 1,089 | |||
| Source: Department of Elections for New Castle County, "Appoquinimink School District: May 12, 2015 School Board Election," accessed May 28, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Myers Wall reported no contributions or expenditures to the Delaware Commissioner of Elections as of May 7, 2015.[3]
Endorsements
Wall received endorsements from the following organizations:[1]
- Appoquinimink Education Association
- Appoquinimink Education Paraprofessional Support Association
- Appoquinimink Food Service Workers Association.
Campaign themes
2015
Myers Wall participated in a candidate question-and-answer from the Middletown Transcript. The questions and her responses are below:
| “ | Q Why are you running for the school board seat?
A The main reason I am running is because as an involved parent in the district, I will do all that I can to encourage more parents to get involved in our schools. This involvement is critical to support our teachers and advance the success of our students. Parent involvement touches every issue from student achievement, curriculum, standardized tests and teacher evaluations. The first way to get involved is to vote in our upcoming school board election. Your vote counts! Q What are the three most important issues that you think are affecting the district? A Parent/Student/Teacher Relationships, Communication, and Technology I plan to encourage an increase of parent/community involvement to support our teachers. The success of our district is based on a positive relationship between teachers, parents, and students working together to achieve greatness. I would like to set up more effective ways to have an open dialogue on the current issues. For example, how the implementation and results of Smarter Balanced testing impacts both teachers and students in our district. We have parents and community leaders who want to provide feedback; however they don’t always have a readily available path to channel this communication. I would also like to assist with the expansion of the one-to one technology initiative that has been rolled out for our sixth grade students. This program is key to both encouraging parent/community involvement and increasing effective communication. Especially, for the children in our district who would not otherwise have access to technology. Q What would you do as a school board member to address those issues? A As a school board member I believe my role would be to work with fellow board members to shape policy for our district. I would help foster and build stronger relationships with our community and most importantly serve the needs of all of the children in our district. To do this effectively a school board member needs to be knowledgeable about the district, respectful of diverse points of view, and have the willingness to invest the time in the position. I know I am up for the challenge and welcome this opportunity to work with our students, teachers, families and community leaders as a school board member. I think the Appoquinimink School District is already a very good school district and would like to help not only maintain the reputation/status in the state, but also help in making it “great.” If we are simply satisfied with the standard we have achieved we can become stagnant and stop trying to innovative positive changes that can help move us forward.[4] |
” |
| —Michelle Myers Wall (2015)[1] | ||
See also
- Appoquinimink School District, Delaware
- Appoquinimink School District elections (2015)
- Analysis of incumbency advantage in the 2014 school board elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Office website
- Campaign Facebook page (2015 school board election)
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Middletown Transcript, "Q&A with Appoquinimink Board of Education candidate Michelle Myers Wall," April 23, 2015
- ↑ New Castle County Department of Elections, "May 12, 2015 School Board Candidates & Filing Dates," March 6, 2015
- ↑ State of Delaware, "Campaign Finance Reporting System," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2015 Appoquinimink School District Elections | |
| New Castle County, Delaware | |
| Election date: | May 12, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Joanne Christian • Tara Greathouse • Michelle Myers Wall • Debbie Harrington • Ryan Scott • William Weller |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
