(SUSSEX COUNTY, Del.) - Voters are going to the polls for school board elections in Delaware Tuesday and emotions were running high over the candidates.
Voting began Tuesday morning at several schools in districts around Sussex County and statewide. But at Cape Henlopen High School is where candidates campaigned - making last minute appeals to voters.
As people were rushing inside to vote and get away from the scorching heat, supporters of Jose Saez and Roni Posner were turning up the heat in an emotional exchange of words.
Saez and Posner are going head to head for a five year term on the Cape Henlopen school board.
Posner, the incumbent, said she's made progress, but still has more work ahead.
"We need to look at our elementary schools in Milton and find the best way to create socio-economic balance," Posner said.
Saez said Posner's plan is possible, but the district needs to fix its lack of diversity in schools first. And that begins with its hiring.
"I'd like to see a transparency in the hiring process and make sure everyone gets a fair shake," Saez explained.
One parent we spoke to says what's really important is that they get new faces on the board with new ideas.
"The old comers -- already they're old people who've been serving for years," said Eva Cienniewicz. "They gave a great deal of their lives to it and they should happily retire."
80-year-old voter, Lillian Tunnell said whomever is elected needs to make sure "the children are treated right and have the children respect the teachers too. All that bad mouthing back we didn't do that when we're going to school," she said jokingly.
For a list of candidates running in Tuesday's election look below.
SUSSEX COUNTY (*= incumbent)
Cape Henlopen
Area B: Jason Bradley, Gary Wray
At-large seat: Roni Posner*, Jose Saez
Delmar
At-large seat: Becky Neubert, Raymond Vincent Jr.
Indian River
District No. 1: (Two seats) James Hudson, Miguel Pirez-Fabar, James Fritz Jr.*
District No. 2: Shaun Fink*
District No. 4: Judith Teoli, Gregory Goldman, Charles Bireley*
Laurel
At-large seat: David Brent Nichols*, Kimberly Travis
Seaford
At-large seat: Jeffrey Benson
Woodbridge
At-large seat: Walter P.J. Gilefski*, Bernard Carr
KENT COUNTY
Caesar Rodney
At-large seat: Bill Bush*
Capital
At-large seat: Sharese Paylor, Ralph Taylor, Peter Servon
Lake Forest
At-large seat: (One-year term) Earle Dempsey, Elizabeth Brode
At-large seat: (Three-year term) Austin Auren, Andrea Miller*
At-large seat: James Rau*
Milford
At-large seat: Kent DelRossi, Ronald Evans Jr., K. Yvette Dennehy
Smyrna
At-large seat: Chrstine B. Malec*