Delorme Daniel

I have always sought challenges and met them. When I was 18 I had already become part of the less than 1% of the US Army that was in combat arms in the 82nd Airborne Division.

I then decided to get a physics degree with a plan on working in a laboratory - specifically a national lab in subatomic particle physics. It happened.

I was asked my Mike Van Ryn, the Assistant Commissioner for Higher Education in New York State to become a physics teacher. I followed that path in order to continue my service to my country - not for summers off.

The goal then became to raising enrollment and achievement in the Horseheads Central School District physics program. Both happened in my first year. When I began at the high school there were 56 students enrolled in a graduating class of 400. I had a 100% passing rate on the NYS Regents Physics Exam. My second year there were 100 students enrolled (maxed out) and a waiting list. When asked to give Similar Schools comparisons to the School Board, Horseheads was #1 of 83 Similar Schools in physics.

I was elected to the Town of Erin town board in 2012 and had to massively overhaul almost every operational practice. For example, we had positions to fill without job descriptions even written for those jobs. In 2016, I became acutely aware that many of "our" (Town of Erin and HCSD) kids did not have any meaningful internet access. Starting in January of 2017, I began to work with County leaders, the school district, etc. to get these kids access. The Charter Media rep, (Charter Media is the biggest media company in the United States), laughed at me at the first meeting when I pushed for an expansion of broadband into my community. I remember the quote: "Not only will YOU never get broadband, neither will your grandkids." In October 2019, I watched them connect it to my house and to everyone else's house in my town. I called the rep from Charter to see if he wanted to come do some streaming with me but he didn't work there any more...

The world of energy management has been the same. No one (but the school board and the Superintendent at the time), wanted to see an energy conservation program implemented - but it was - without disruption to the instructional day. It took a lot of team building, building trust with key players, etc. but it took off and hasn't stopped. It's going well but we are always looking for ways to improve.

• Lots of teaching awards, including the Sigma Xi Excellence in Education award.
• Recognition from Energy Education (now Cenergistic) for the longevity and continued success of the district's energy management program

• Mathematics - Permanent
• Physics - Permanent
• General Science 7 - 12 - Permanent
• Earth Science - Permanent
• School District Administration (SDA) - Permanent