- Party: Democrat
- Occupation: writer; retired public relations specialist
- M.S. Education Adm., M.A. History, M.A. Human Resources Management
- 8 years on Folsom City Council (1988-96)
- 18 years as teacher, administrator, staff develop-
- ment consultant and college counselor
- UC-Berkeley Alumni Scholarship Chair, 1990-98
- Pres., Sac Valley Div., Ca League of Cities, 2 yrs
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Restoring the credibility of a school board that lacks leadership, cohesiveness, and vision
- Raise teacher morale by settling a salary dispute & showing respect
- Resolving a severe facilities crisis in Folsom without a bond issue
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- Folsom BizPac (Chamber of Commerce)
- Folsom mayor , Terry Solgas, Detective, Youth Services, Folsom Police Dept.
- Sheriff Hal Barker, El Dorado County (former chief of police in Folsom)
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- Solving the Facilities Crisis Without a Local Bond
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Creative solutions to expand capacity of the overcrowded schools in Folsom include grade reconfiguration.
- Improving the Performance of our Public Schools
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We should evaluate the effectiveness of our school programs, change the ones that are not working and focus on the ones that do work. Test scores are up in the FCUSD, a positive trend, but we need to identify why some students fall behind. If we can find ways to motivate youngsters to succeed, we will be taking a giant step toward restoring the credibility of California public schools and all of us will benefit. College bound achievers need to challenged more.
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