Opinion
Stonewall District School Board candidate, Linda Martin
Greetings Stonewall residents, new and old!
My name is Linda Martin and I am running for School Board in Stonewall District. My goals are to ensure that Frederick County Public Schools maintain a focus on core subjects and provide parents with full transparency into what is being taught to their children. Across the country there is an unfortunate trend of introducing ideas that are divisive, of dubious accuracy, and irrelevant to the skills our children need to obtain good jobs. We need school board members who understand our community and who will vigilantly guard against political indoctrination in our schools. Our children’s lives should not be the subject of radical experiments in social engineering. As a conservative I will stand against this trend.
I know our community well, having been born at Winchester Memorial Hospital and being a longtime resident of Stonewall District. I attended Stonewall Elementary and graduated from James Wood High School on Amherst. My family has long roots here – my father Rudolph Martin owned and operated Rudy’s Garage on Welltown Pike until he retired. My three children attended Apple Pie Ridge Elementary and graduated from James Wood High School.
I am intimately familiar with the trajectories our students may take, both to college and in the trades. I earned degrees from Massey Junior College (Fashion) and Shenandoah University (Business), and have been an entrepreneur in Frederick County for many years. I founded and operated Linda’s Nutritional Centre and Naturally Yours with my daughter Zorina Sale.
Growing up on Welltown Road before there was even an I-81 gave me a deep love for the beauty and history of our county. I now desire to give back to the community by serving on the School Board representing Stonewall District.
I advocate renewed concentration in schools on core curricula, rejuvenation of vocational school options, and the elimination of ideological and divisive programs such as critical race theory. A vote for me is a vote for no-nonsense education. Come and meet me at New Covenant Christian Church on July 24th, at 2pm if you support conservative values in education.
Linda Martin
Stonewall District School Board
