Candidate for
Board Member; West Contra Costa Unified School District

Charles Ramsey Committed to High Quality Education for Our Children

For the past 17 years, Charles Ramsey has been committed to improving our schools and trying to give our kids the best possible education - while balancing the budget, continuing to provide quality instruction and keeping our district solvent through these hard times.

With the help of hundreds of dedicated parents, teachers, administrators and volunteers, and the approval of voters, he has led the fight to rebuild or remodel nearly every school in the district, keep class sizes down, and preserve counselors, afterschool programs, and librarians.

He founded the Ivy League Connection program, with the goal of encouraging a more "college going" culture and providing our kids with new role models. This unique, largely privately funded effort has exposed hundreds of our high school students to the world's most prestigious colleges, providing them with experiences and opportunities they may never have imagined.

The program has helped build a feeling among district students that college is not only a possibility, but a goal, and helped increase the numbers of district students going to highly selective colleges.