Because there is no such thing as someone else’s child, every student deserves a high quality education that meets their specific needs and values their unique strengths and abilities. The keys to attaining this goal are Access, Equity, Consistency, and Accountability.

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• Access

  • Curriculum and procedures must be based on best practices and data, not the whim of the school board. It means agreeing that the answer to school security does not mean adding armed teachers or citizens to our school buildings. It means that our kids are taught by excellent teachers who we recruit and retain because we pay them like the professionals they are. It means ALL students and staff deserve access to school facilities safe from discrimination.

• Equity

  • As Leila Janah said “Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not.” We must provide a fair and inclusive system where ability, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation is not an obstacle to educational achievement. It means identifying at-risk kids earlier and providing support and resources for early intervention programs. It means increasing vocational, technical, and non-traditional programs.

• Consistency and Accountability

  • Regardless your child’s achievement level, they deserve a system that is transparent, supportive, and cooperative in their success. It means IEPs and 504s that are implemented properly and uniformly whether you are changing grade levels or changing schools.  It means properly and adequately funding our school construction and renovation projects so that all our children are in classrooms, not trailers.