Champion for kids, voice for parents

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Our core curriculum has departed from the fundementals of reading, writing, arithmetic, science, history, and physical education. Schools have become muddied with a soup of mandatory classes. These classes are what provide the knowledge our kids will need to succeed in the lives they live after leaving our school system. With our average test scores dropping every year, we should be focusing our attention on these subjects. My goal in this area is 3 fold:

1. To consider the budget and learn what portion is going toward the core curriculum. 

2. To review the core curriculum and advocate for subjects that will be integral to our children's success. 

3. To seek transparency in curriculum by way of clearly a defined syllabus available to our students and parents for every course. 

In my experience and in speaking to parents around the district, it is clear many parents are unaware about what takes place in the classroom and the responsibility of teachers / school vs parents has seemed to become more unclear. It is important to me that the school board work to ensure parents / guardians are informed on the policies, expectations, syllabus, and interactions that take place and teachers can feel confident the parents / guardians will also do their part.  My goals in this area are:

1. For parent / guardians to know their voices matter and their involvement is critical
2. That children, teachers, and staff to enjoy coming to school and to feel safe; set expectations are followed.
3. Parents / guardians are able to opt children out of non-core curriculum they are not comfortable with their child participating in.