Candidate for
Board Member; New Haven Unified School District

My Commitment: "Students Come First"

As your representative on the New Haven Unified School District Board, I will:

· Work to maintain small class sizes

· Keep a balanced district budget

· Support the superintendent

· Support our Music, Sports, Arts and Advanced Placement programs

· Restore the "Kids First" program

· Re-establish our continuation school

The students of the New Haven Unified School District deserve to have the skills necessary for success in the 21st Century. Our children must learn job skills as well as prepare for college. We need to teach what employers and colleges expect and that includes, work habits, being responsible and being on time. While we improve New Haven's academic standards, I also believe it is important for students to learn the importance of character, honesty, respect, civility and tolerance. These are our community's values.

We all want to see small class sizes, current technology, and teachers of the highest quality. But we can't have the best if the School Board is not managing and spending district funds appropriately. If we are forced to cut the budget, we must cut bureaucracy first and classrooms last.

Teachers and parents must work together in partnership with the district to help our students. We must listen to the people closest to the students. As a hard working parent of 2 students in the New Haven Unified School District, I know that student success for my children and all the children must be the priority.