Donna Antonacci

Donna Antonacci

Running for Board of Education:
Running for the Board of Education will allow me to identify and be an agent of change for the students in our community.  I will strongly support the adoption of removing biased curriculum views which in turn would encourage children to independently form their opinions through enhancing critical thinking skills. I will explore fiscal initiatives to identify real needs for our students, savings opportunities, and responsible appropriation of federal resources to lower the citizen’s taxpayer burden.  I will champion to encourage all our students to become involved as volunteers to best support the needs of our community wherever their participation is essential.  I will continue to support the SRO position in schools; focus being on education of law enforcement, drug use, and the de-escalation of situations.

• Colchester resident of 10 years
• Served as substitute teacher and volunteer in the Colchester school system
• Current volunteer for Colchester youth sports
• Current Executive Board Member for CBSL (Colchester Baseball and Softball League) where I have been instrumental each year in raising funds through the annual raffle
• Served on CBSL COVID-19 committee creating conduct rules for games and practices and the financial aid committee making decisions for family assistance
• Food Bank contributor for Colchester and Norwich via funds and services while also enlisting my son’s involvement as a teaching moment
• Current business owner of D1 Creations in Colchester and Orlando Pennysaver in Florida.
• Proud single mother of a WJJMS student