Newport-Mesa Unified school board candidate Danielle Mills for the Nov. 8 election wants to give parents more control of their children’s education.
Mills said prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, she had a more hands-off approach to the education of her three children—two of whom attend schools in the district.
But having her children attend school from home, as a part of distance learning during the pandemic, was the catalyst to her involvement in the district, she said.
Danielle Mills, a newport Mesa Unified School District Area 2 candidate, in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 22, 2022. (Sophie Li/The Epoch Times)
“[During the pandemic] a lot of parents’ eyes were open to what was happening in the classrooms and the work that the kids were having to do,” she said….