BALLOT STATEMENT

By Jane Bauer

CANDIDATE STATEMENT FROM BALLOT

As a tax and estate planning attorney, I advise clients on financial issues. My professional skills have helped the TUSD School Board formulate sound fiscal policy. I have consistently insisted on balanced budgets and preservation of capital.

As a long term incumbent I have led the TUSD school board in making positive changes. These include:

Implementing rigorous academic standards and curricula;

Reducing all K-3 class sizes;

Insisting on phonics based reading instruction;

Managing enrollment growth by opening or reopening four new schools;

Successfully establishing a fundamental/GATE school of choice;

Enforcing a strict zero-tolerance policy to ensure campus safety;

Continuing a successful English only policy;

Conservatively managing a 60+ million dollar per year budget while maintaining a healthy reserve;

Listening to the community by encouraging widespread involvement on Citizen Advisory Committees;

Supporting youth sports by implementing a joint use policy for playgrounds and fields.

Please vote for me, Jane Bauer. I am an experienced board member with proven leadership skills who listens to the community.

Call me at 730-9522 or e-mail me at jcbauer@aol.com.