Candidate for
Board Member; Turlock Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

1 Quality and Diverse Education

• Ensure a quality education for all our children and that our schools are safe, effective, and keeping up with the latest technology.
• We must attract, develop and retain qualified school staff, with salaries and benefits that are competitive with those in comparable professions. Involve District staff in the decision-making process, drawing upon their various areas of expertise and knowledge.

• We need to support families with an educational system built on the foundation of strong Character Education.
• We need to provide quality educational opportunities for students that are college-bound and for those students who desire to pursue a technical career or the military, but not at the expense or loss of the arts, athletics or other programs.
• We must offer advanced learning opportunities at every school and grade-level.
• We must ensure teachers have hands on tools and training to aid in their instruction.

• We must give parents and students a voice on the School Board and an opportunity to have their voices heard. We need to assure local control and clear representation of their interests and preferences.
• We need to support strong Parent-Teacher-Student Associations and School Councils that are partners in developing quality education systems for our children. We need to foster and support volunteerism.
• We need an open Board and administration that listens to parents, teachers and students, taking into consideration their concerns and issues in our decisions.
• We need to support and foster parent involvement in their children's education.

• We must maximize our tax and grant dollars by developing partnerships with business, government and educational entities to assure no duplication of services.
• We need to be fiscally conservative in our use of public funds, assuring that each dollar is spent most effectively.
• We must live within our budget limitations, with an appropriate-sized District Administration.