Meet the Board

All children, regardless of their race, economic status and background deserve access to a quality education. I believe in the power of public education. Educators who are dedicated to this cause deserve to be properly compensated and acknowledged for teaching, guiding, mentoring, and encouraging their students for a life-long love of learning. The decisions made by the Board affect all and impact all. I believe in open and honest expression of views by all members of our school community, in an environment of mutual respect. I also feel that a quality public education is the key to a stronger, safer and more stable community.

I believe that children naturally love to learn and it is our responsibility to keep that love of learning burning bright. I am amazed at the dedication of everyone involved in education and wish the sacrifices sometimes asked were not so high. I hope to support the students and staff in reaching their goals.

“Free appropriate education.” Sound familiar? I hope so. The words free and appropriate are a promise. A promise rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment and guaranteed in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. All this promise asks is to attend. I believe that this is every child’s constitutional, more importantly, human right. I believe in public education.

I am a fiscal realist. This belief is honed from more than 30 years of public school experience. As a 20-year public school administrator, I have served as both member and leader of teams that made tough implementation decisions. I would now like to work cooperatively to make tough policy decisions.

ALL children are capable of learning and succeeding! Children learn at different rates and strategies. With the proper instruction methods,
we can create an environment where children thrive to explore, learn and succeed, both academically and emotionally.

Education should not be solely academic; the student must learn the life skills needed to be successful in solving complex problems as well as mentally preparing them for social interaction.
Instruction needs to be multi-faceted, and must reach visual learners,
auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners in the classroom.

Technology must become a priority in the classroom; we must modify our instruction priority to make basic computer coding and graphic
arts part of the S.T.E.M. platform.

I believe teachers should not be alone in educating students; Parents,
families and communities need to work together to support and enrich
the lives of their children.