Candidate for
Board of Education Member; City of Piedmont

My primary priorities as a School Board member will be:

• Ensuring strong fiscal oversight and prudent allocation of District resources that continue the practice of providing the most robust program possible to all our children given the unrelenting fiscal constraints;
• Maintaining our excellent schools--keeping the energy and focus on our students, ensuring the quality and breadth of our children's experience, and developing critical thinkers who are prepared and engaged;
• Holding a strategic, long-term perspective that keeps in mind the entire K-12 program; and
• Continuing the commitment to on-going collaborative teacher evaluation and emphasis on teacher development, including creative classroom strategies and how to use technological innovations to advance our mission.

• Collaboration, cooperation and open, honest and constructive communication;
• Innovation and creativity, and willingness to re-think the status quo;
• Seeking differing opinions to inform my and the Board's decisions; and
• Creating a positive, respectful environment.