Three Haitian-American Women Won South Florida School Board Seats. Their Terms Do Not Begin Until November 17.

Cynthia Alceus Dominique was raised by a Haitian immigrant mother who never had the opportunity to attend school. Dominique has described how her mother could not read the papers her daughter brought home, yet always pushed her to succeed. On August 18, Dominique won the Broward County School Board District 7 seat outright with about 59.7 percent of the vote. She will help oversee the education of thousands of children in the same district that educated her, once her term begins November 17. She is not alone. On November 3, Linda Cothiere won the Miami-Dade County School Board District 1 seat, and Christina Romelus won the Palm Beach County School Board District 4 seat with about 62 percent of the vote. Three counties. Three seats won on two different nights. Three women who did not just win a first. They won the job of fixing what comes next, starting November 17.