Schools

Video: Meet Lynellen Nielsen

Lynellen Nielsen is a candidate for one of the two open seats on the Comsewogue school board this year.

Lynellen Nielsen is one of the six candidates running for two open seats on the Comsewogue school board this year. At the meet the candidates night on Tuesday, April 26 each of the candidates was able to introduce themselves to the public and answer questions posed by the audience. In the order that the candidates were introduced we will present videos of each candidate answering one question and introducing themselves.

Lynellen Nielsen

Nielsen has lived in school district since 1989. She has already had one son graduate from and another is still in school system.

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She says that she’s seen the challenges that the district has faced change over the years. She decided to run for the school board because she said it was time to “put my money where my mouth is.” Nielsen has a background in business and has been involved in School Business Partnership, teaching kids about business events.

In our next installment you can watch Lynellen Nielsen answer her one question.

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Come back to Patch every day to see videos of the others candidates.


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