Town Talk: A conversation with Melanie Salins, candidate for School Board in Warren County, North River District

In this Meet the Candidates session, our publisher Mike McCool speaks with Melanie Salins. Melanie is running for the School Board in the North River District in Warren County.

Melanie believes strongly in the following principles relating to leadership and the school board, and she pledges to be an advocate for them on behalf of her constituents:

• ​Independent critical thought is vital for a school board to be effective
• It can be harmful to follow trends meekly
• School Board members must have the strength to speak up and require accountability
• The school board is a local governing body, not an agent of the state and federal government education establishment (i.e., no rubber-stamp)
• More money does not solve problems in the absence of improved policies
• All property taxpayers have a stake in the public school system

Find out more on her website.

Meet the Candidates is a series on the Royal Examiner where we will sit down with each candidate in our local election and discuss issues that are important to all of us. All local candidates are invited to participate in this ‘Meet the Candidate’ series.