Editor, Gazette-Journal:

We are encouraging Petsworth District to support Anita Parker as their representative on the Gloucester County School Board. We have known Anita for many years while serving with her on the Gloucester County School Board and as an educator for Gloucester County Public Schools.

Her dedication to her position is honorable and respectable. She is not one to make change just for the sake of change. She knows that the school board’s job is to make the best choice for students, not for any political or personal agenda.Anita Parker is well aware of the negative impact Covid has made on Gloucester’s students. She speaks openly and honestly with our educators. Her opponent states that Gloucester teachers need better training to identify signs of mental stress, depression, suicide and drug use. The school board and administration of Gloucester County Public Schools have worked diligently and wisely offering training, support, encouragement and solutions during the...