WHERE DOES THE CANDIDATE STAND?

By Joe Dovinh

Jobs and Education

Our goal must be to protect and create jobs that sustain middle class families so that people are able to buy a home, send their children to college, have affordable health care and save for retirement.

To create these jobs we need an educated workforce.

We must provide students the tools to develop themselves. I recognize that improvements are needed to ensure our children receive the education they need to be successful.

We spend too much time on testing and following multiple layers of mandates. Restoring local control, involving parents and allowing teachers more flexibility to teach are critical to rebuilding our education system. It is painful to see vast amounts of money spent on administration while classrooms often go without needed equipment and supplies.

Our Community College and State University systems provide essential tools for all of the community providing higher education and the ongoing training that our community needs to attract the good jobs of tommorrow.