The three newly flipped districts had been criticized for controversial decisions under conservative leadership.
Democrats will be taking control of school boards in three suburban Philadelphia districts that have made headlines in recent months for passing policies championed by Republican board members.
Democrats took all of the open seats in Pennridge to win the majority on the school board after previously having a conservative majority.Pennridge is one of three school districts to see the conservative majority ousted in favor of Democrats. Two other school districts that also changed are Perkiomen Valley and Central Bucks, where Dana Foley and Heather Reynolds are among the five Democrats who ran together and won all five school board seats.
It's a change that experts like Drexel Educational Administration Program Director Michael Kozak, EdD have been watching. Pennridge also got rid of its Diversity Equity and Inclusion program and enacted what some say were book bans.One conservative majority is staying as voters in the Souderton School District kept Republicans in all five seats that were up for grabs.
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