Crowded Election For DP School District Position

Four individuals are now registered as candidates for the At Large position on the Deer Park School Board of Directors. Incumbent Eric Keller and Shauneen Flugel joined the race late on Monday. Craig Phillips & Carri Breckner have also filed for reelection.

The Area 1 Director position is currently held by Craig Phillips who was appointed to fill the vacancy after Greg Schuler resigned. You can read more about that in our article, “Swearing At School Board Meeting”: DPGazette.com/4ohiv. Area 4 is currently held by Carri Breckner. Candidates have until Friday to register for the election. Click on the following link for district map showing Deer Park’s director districts:

Detailed Districts Map

You can read more about each person with the following links.

Eric Keller – DPGazette.com/ekeller
Meegan Ware – DPGazette.com/mware
Samantha Jordan – DPGazette.com/sjordan
Shauneen Flugel – DPGazette.com/sflugel
Carri Breckner – DPGazette.com/cbreckner
Craig Phillips – DPGazette.com/cphillips

Sources:

Washington Secretary of State – File for Office DPGazette.com/candidatefiling

Carri Breckner, Craig Phillips, Deer Park School District, Election 2023, Eric Keller, Meegan Ware, Samantha Jordan, Shauneen Flugel

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Horrific behavior from a School Board Member

I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the ongoing unprofessional and harmful behavior of Deer Park School Board Director Ashby. His public accusations against me, falsely labeling me as unethical, amount to defamation and slander, unfairly damaging my reputation. It is unacceptable for a sitting board member to engage in such reckless and baseless personal attacks.

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