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Haley Mears
Haley Mears of East Millsboro Elementary School has been selected as the Indian River School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2021-22.
The announcement was made at the IRSD Teacher of the Year ceremony April 29. Mears was chosen as the overall winner from a pool of 15 candidates, one from each school.
Mears has been a teacher at East Millsboro Elementary for the past seven years. She was a fifth-grade teacher from 2014-17 and has been an intensive learning center teacher since 2017. She began her career as a paraprofessional at East Millsboro from 2005-09. She also served as a social studies teacher at Georgetown Middle in 2009-10 and an English language arts teacher at Millsboro Middle from 2010-14. She is a member of East Millsboro’s instructional leadership team and a coach for the school robotics team. She has also served as a district Odyssey of the Mind coach for the past seven years.
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Cape Henlopen, Delmar, Laurel and Woodbridge all have contested races.
Indian River has no expiring school board member terms this year and will not hold an election, while Milford and Seaford will automatically elect new members who are running unopposed.
In Milford, Adam Brownstein and Scott L. Fitzgerald will join the school board. Brownstein will serve a five-year term for District C. Fitzgerald was appointed in January after Judith Purcell resigned due to a move. With no one else filing for the seat, he ll finish serving a one-year term for District D.
In Seaford, Kimberly Hopkins is running unopposed for the at-large seat and will serve a five-year term.
Haley Mears of East Millsboro Elementary School has been selected as the Indian River School Districtâs Teacher of the Year for 2021-2022.
The announcement was made at the districtâs Teacher of the Year ceremony on April 29. Mears was chosen as the districtâs overall winner from a pool of 15 candidates, one from each school.
Mears has been a teacher at East Millsboro Elementary School for the past seven years. She was a fifth-grade teacher at the school from 2014 to 2017 and has been an Intensive Learning Center teacher at EME since 2017. She began her career as a paraprofessional at East Millsboro from 2005-2009. She also served as a social studies teacher at Georgetown Middle School in 2009-2010 and as an English language arts teacher at Millsboro Middle School from 2010 to 2014.