Quality Education with Growth

By Lori L. Kalika

Considering our city's recent growth, I want to work to ensure we continue to offer quality education to our children.

Growth can also present social problems that can affect the quality of education of our children. We are finding that many of our new community members are not working in the area. Students have less contact with their parents, parents have less time to be involved with their schools. Problems such as a rise in gang activity, must be acknowledged and a plan put in place to ensure that the schools are prepared to meet these issues.

As a school board we need to consider the changes that we can make to help indidvidual schools face these challenges. We can't ignore growth but we can work to ensure that our schools have that "small-town" feel and provide a secure and stimulating environment for our children.