Karen Smith, left, a Democrat running for re-election to the school board in the Central Bucks School District, spoke last month with Laura Sorenson, a teacher and parent.
Photo: Scott Calvert/The Wall Street JournalPLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Sexually explicit pamphlets, mysterious lawn signs with barbed slogans and accusations of lying have punctuated a partisan school board race in this Philadelphia suburb.
Campaigning ends Tuesday, when voters will either keep the Republican majority or give Democrats the reins.
At stake is control of the Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania’s third-largest with more than 17,000 students.
Hundreds of districts across the country will hold local school board elections Nov. 7, ahead of a 2024 presidential campaign that is expected to see education play a bigger role than in the past.
Persons:
Karen Smith, Laura Sorenson, Scott Calvert
Organizations:
Democrat, Central Bucks School District, Republican
Locations:
PLUMSTEAD, Pa, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s