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Monterey County, CA | November 3, 2009 Election |
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Why Dr. Margaret-Anne Coppernoll is the best candidate for MPC trusteeBy Margaret-Anne Mary CoppernollCandidate for Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Community College District; Trustee Area 2 |
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I will bring to this office substantial educational, military, and community-experience qualifications, and will advocate for adequate funding and classes in our new Marina MPC campus.I have forged strong bonds with Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) faculty, students, and staff in the life-long learning program, and have developed high esteem for this important learning center. I want to give back to the college while continuing to serve my community. As a team player on the MPC board of trustees, I will work to ensure the new Monterey Peninsula College Education Center at Marina develops in a way that is in concert with the educational, cultural, intellectual, and economic requirements of our diverse community. I feel with my academic credentials and community service experience, along with my past teaching experience as a university professor, I am the best qualified candidate. Education is a vital component in the success equation for Monterey County. Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) will continue to play an enormously important role in our county because it provides a large range of educational and vocational curriculum, training, and co-op job opportunities for the community, enhances workforce quality and creates job growth, while contributing significantly to economic growth through partnerships with business and industry and cultivating small business assistance programs throughout the community. Furthermore, community college is the best bargain available to low and moderate-income students, especially in light of outrageous 30+% tuition hikes in the state college and university systems. I want to keep it such a bargain, accessible to as many people as possible. Many on the right want to raise tuition, de-fund public education, and limit post-secondary education to the privileged few, while spending to excess on prisons. I will fight that trend with all my being. I will always vote to keep post-secondary education accessible to the diverse Marina community I hope to represent. I want to advocate for innovative educational/vocational curriculum that meets the needs, interests and dreams of our citizens. As Trustee I will ensure the new Marina MPC facilities are built with green sustainable technology, that its opportunities reflect our diversity, that outreach efforts magnetize people from other cities to participate in our education, culture, and businesses, and ensure that the college maintains its solid fiscal stability. I am confident MPC will be the source of new job growth and creation in our community, thereby contributing substantially to our city's economic well-being and first-class educational opportunities. |
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