Political Philosophy for Melissa C. Carr

Candidate for
Governing Board Member; Los Alamitos Unified School District

ACCOUNTABILITY

• The Board and administration should be accountable to the entire community.
• Policies should be reviewed now for efficacy. Changes should be made now to best serve the students and the community.
• Programs and curriculum must prepare our students to succeed as responsible citizen.

• Representation is of the entire school community. Responsibility is to our students.
• Board members should participate in PTA and other community groups so that bridges of communication can be built.

• Challenging curriculum and high standards for achievement.
• Curriculum emphasizing criticial thinking skills.
• Curriculum integrating technology.
• Curriculum including human relations skills.

• I will support policies that will lead to higher achievement.
• I will call for broad policy reviews to assure that long-standing policies are serving the students, or are amended to do so.