Every School a Quality School

By Joel Heinrichs

KHSD needs to focus on quality educational opportunities for every single student in every single school.

Every effective campaign has a central theme or organizing principle.

As the campaign has started to pick up steam, I am frequently asked -- in a number of different ways - the same key question: "why are you running for office?"

Of course, there are a number of specific areas where I believe the KHSD can improve: expanded career and technical training, simpler boundaries, more cost effective school construction, etc. But underlying these ideas is a bigger concept: we must focus every ounce of our energy on making "every school a quality school".

Quality schools require...

• improved programs for students not well served now,
• boundaries that encourage parent participation,
• more effective allocation of resources, etc.
  -- but the larger point of all these sub-elements is to focus on quality educational opportunities for every single KHSD student.