Meet the Republican Candidates for the Ellington Board of Education

Name: Dale C. Roberson

Age: 65

Family: Married with two children

Office Sought: Board of Education

Occupation: Attorney (Law Office of Dale C. Roberson, LLC: private practice 28 years)

Education: BA, MA, JD, LLM

Government and/or other experience qualifying you for office:

- Member Ellington Board of Education, 17 1/2 years

- 1983-1987 (1985-1987 Vice Chairman) and 1998 to present (2003 - 2009Chairman)

- 1989-1998 non-Board of Education member of numerous Board of Education Special Committees

- Former High School Teacher (12 years, Vernon and East Hartford)

- 2005 Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) Leadership Institute

- 2005 CABE, Certified Board Member

- 2011 CABE, Master Board of Education Member

- State Board of Education Arbitrator

- Connecticut Legal Services, student advocate

- Former Instructor - Vernon Adult Education Program

- Past President of Tolland County Bar Association

- Ellington Board of Tax Review (10 years, 5 years as Chairman)

- Ellington Historical Society

- Ellington Charter Revision Commission (1995-1996)

- Ad Hoc Committee to Preserve the Pinney House (2005-present, past chairman)

- Ellington resident for 38 years

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Name: Michael Young, Ph. D.

Age: 55

Office Sought: Board of Education

Occupation: Assoc. Professor of Educational Psychology, UConn

Education: Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Penn State University

- Master of Arts, School Psychology, Catholic University of America

- Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Vanderbilt University

Government and/or other experience qualifying you for office:

- Member, Board of Education since 2010

- Resident of Ellington for 10 years