Candidate for
Board Member; New Haven Unified School District

I Believe...

• The schools should prepare our young people for college, for career, for life.
• Our students should learn not just reading, writing and arithmetic, but also responsibility and respect.
• We are responsible for providing safe schools that are free from violence, bullying and discrimination.
• Every decision must be made within the context that education of students is the number one priority.
• The best decisions for our students are made with the active input of parents, teachers and district staff.

• An open communications process to improve community input into District decisions.
• Provide a continuation school for struggling students.
• Reassess the District's plan to close two schools in 2005-06.
• Community involvement in the decisions to spend the $120 million of Measure A bond funds.