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The issues important to me:
1. TEACHING AND LEARNING. In addition to our necessary focus on core curriculum, our community must emphasize the development of the whole child to ensure success as adults. We must measure not only skills on standardized tests, but also development of our children as productive members of society: able to make decisions, work on teams, communicate and be good citizens.
- This means: We embrace California's recently adopted common core standards.
- This means: We empower our teachers as the most impactful force on our children's learning by providing professional development that supports the integration of 21st century skills with common core standards.
- This means: We provide appropriate and supportive technology to enhance the learning experience and prepare our children for the global marketplace.
- This means: We, as a community, support the measure of our students' success as more than high standardized test scores.
2. DISTRICT BUDGET. We must focus on precise and careful oversight of our district's budget in a way that maximizes the best interests of our students and supports our district goals. Our district, like all others in California, struggles with increasing demands and decreasing revenue. We maintain high standards.
- This means: Difficult decisions are inherent in the job.
- This means: We ensure that our spending is prudent.
- This means: We think creatively about ways to provide more with less.
- This means: The budget process remains transparent and engages and involves the broader community and foundation. Our budget's complexities require a devotion to out-of-the-box thinking to make the most of limited resources.
3. BOND FUND IMPLEMENTATION. The passage of Measure A created an incredible opportunity for the community and with it an incredible responsibility. The opportunity assumes that the net result of the bond fund expenditure will result in school infrastructure that supports student learning and is long lasting. The responsibility to manage a $50 million construction project is enormous and will require continuous oversight.
- This means: We focus on building sustainable, appropriate, functional learning environments that support 21st century skills.
- This means: We engage the community in the planning, building and use of the resulting buildings.
- This means: The entire process must be transparent and expedient.
- This means: We build support, seek consensus and move forward with what is best for our children's learning.
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