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Former Delaware State Representative John Kowalko died yesterday, He was 80 years old. He was my friend and he was the most Progressive legislator I have ever met. I first met John in 2014. He got kicked off the House Education Committee because he spoke up about the priority schools and then Delaware Governor Jack Read more
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Tonight, the Christina Board of Education voted to declare Dr. Naveed Baqir’s seat vacant. With four yes, two no, and one abstention (Baqir), there is now a vacant seat in District F. I gave the following public comment at the board meeting tonight, prior to the vote: Good evening distinguished board members of the Christina Read more
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When Dr. Naveed Baqir, the controversial Christina Board of Education member, left America for Pakistan in January of 2024, many citizens felt he shouldn’t be on the board. Despite many attempts to have him removed, there was no legal mechanism to do so until now. With the passage of House Bill 82 that went into Read more
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This is the question on a lot of Delaware minds today. The first meeting of the Delaware Reassessment Committee met at Legislative Hall today and New Castle County Executive Marcus Henry dropped a bombshell! As reported by Delaware citizen Kate Ladzinski: This was also before his primary against Bethany Hall Long. I call shenanigans! What Read more
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On September 26th, the Delaware Department of Justice released their report on the Christina School District Board of Education. As part of the epilogue language in the bill for the FY2025 appropriations bill, the Delaware Department of Justice was tasked to monitor the Christina Board of Education for a year. They monitored the meetings from Read more
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The Tarbiyah School, located in Bear, Delaware is done. Run by Dr. Amna Latif, wife of Christina Board of Education member Dr. Naveed Baqir, had been dealing with shrinking enrollment the past couple of years. The Islamic centered school has been a target of controversy for some time due to allegations of financial improprieties surrounding Read more
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For all you have done just in August of 2025, you, Bob Vacca, are the Exceptional Delaware Hero of August, 2025. Bob is the Chief Financial Officer of the Christina School District and he has been working triple-duty helping out with the property assessment mess in Delaware, especially New Castle County. A lot of folks Read more
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A couple of months ago, Exceptional Delaware wrote a post about a gentleman named Kane Dennison-Gomez. It wasn’t’ solely about him but he was a focus of the post. The post, which was removed a couple of days later, was fairly opinion-based on my part. In the article, I mistakenly referenced an item concerning a Read more
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Delaware State Auditor Lydia York announced this morning that the Appoquinimink School District is under investigation by the Auditor of Accounts office. This is after the office heard from several legislators and constituents. Most notably, Newcastle County Councilman Kevin Caneco initially led this charge. This is what York had to say: Earlier today, I responded Read more
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Tonight, the Delaware House of Representatives unanimously passed Hiuse Bill 82 with Senate Amendment 1. If you’ve been living in a hole, this legislation makes it so you have to be residing in your district as a school board member for 75% of the year. Something our friend in Pakistan hasn’t done since 2023. Once Read more
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At the Christina Board of Education meeting tonight, Board President Donald Patton announced Dr. Naveed Baqir will resign from the board after the July meeting. This was during a LONG tirade from Patton and departing board member Alethea Smith-Tucker (more on that later). Why wait until then Naveed? Why use Donald as your mouthpiece? Too Read more
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This evening, the Christina Board of Education will meet for their final meeting of Fiscal Year 2025. At their next board meeting in July they will elect their Board President and Board Vice-President. One of those will have a new board member since current Vice-President Alethea Smith Tucker decided not to run again. But current Read more
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Over the weekend, nearly 30 Aspira Charter High School students came out with a statement with a list of desired changes at the controversial charter school in Newark, Delaware. Their biggest concern is the amount of teachers that have disappeared over the past year. We the Students from ASPIRA Charter High School in Newark, write Read more
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You didn’t hear it in the news, but a paraprofessional at the Brennen School in Christina School District was recently arrested for grabbing an early elementary student and bruising them. The parents wound up calling the police after administrators at the school ignored the situation for three weeks. As a result, the para was arrested Read more
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This post is written by a below the canal poster who has chosen the name “The Revealer”. Some context first: while at Indian River, Assistant Principal Matthew Jones thought it would be funny to take a picture of aff a student’s breast that was accidentally revealed during an altercation. The genius Principal, Bradley Layfield, decided Read more
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Chaos is very apparent in the Brandywine School District these days. The catalyst? Superintendent Dr. Lisa Lawson promoted her step-son Jeff Lawson to Principal of Concord High School. Kevin Palladinetti, the current Principal of Concord, is being sent to the district office while Lawson Jr. is going to Concord. Teachers, students, parents and community members Read more
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Today is the day where voters up and down Delaware go out to vote for the latest school board candidates. In the Christina School District, I highly endorse Shannon Troncoso. She is the breath of fresh air this board needs and will also lead to more sanity on this board. For those who may not Read more
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Today, with 33 yes votes and 8 absents, House Bill 82 passed the Delaware House of Representatives. The bill requires school board members in Delaware to actually live in the school district for 75% of the year. Dr.Naveed Baqir, the Christina board member who spent a whopping 1.36% of 2024 in the USA would be Read more
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For almost a year now, I’ve been writing about the misadventures of Dr. Naveed Baqir- the missing in action Christina Board of Education member, his wife- Dr. Amna Latif- the Head of School at Tarbiyah School, and many moments of absolute craziness where the authorities in Delaware have appeared to do nothing. As the feds Read more
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Someone associated with Dr. Naveed Baqir and Dr. Amna Latif, when I asked them to write a guest post, wrote a guest post as if I was writing it. They asked to be anonymous which I will certainly honor. My commentary on this will be below their post. The Ongoing Saga of Tarbiyah, Naveed Baqir, Read more
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