AESD Trustee At-Large: 2010-2018
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Local Control of Our Schools
The future of our schools is our decision and in the past eight years we have made significant progress. We have:
The parent and community directed district budget and stabilization plan
reflect our values of a student and community centered organization,
retaining classroom staff and programs despite a severe
budget shortfall and declining enrollment.
Click here for FACTS about TEACHER pay (our single biggest expense) in
Anaheim and California.
As your board representative for Area 2, which includes GOALS Charter(Athletics), Patrick Henry(VAPA), John Marshall(VAPA), Melbourne A. Gauer (STEAM), and Loara (VAPA) Schools, I will continue working to ensure the community is heard and all students receive a world-class education. Each school will continue to have the autonomy to offer programs of choice to benefit the students of the community. Let's continue with our accomplishments.
- Cut $13 million from district overhead while reducing class size to 24 to 1.
- Invested $500 million in our schools with on-time and on-budget projects.
- Revitalized world languages, performing arts, and STEAM.
- Shifted district leadership to a parent-led, community centered model.
The parent and community directed district budget and stabilization plan
reflect our values of a student and community centered organization,
retaining classroom staff and programs despite a severe
budget shortfall and declining enrollment.
Click here for FACTS about TEACHER pay (our single biggest expense) in
Anaheim and California.
As your board representative for Area 2, which includes GOALS Charter(Athletics), Patrick Henry(VAPA), John Marshall(VAPA), Melbourne A. Gauer (STEAM), and Loara (VAPA) Schools, I will continue working to ensure the community is heard and all students receive a world-class education. Each school will continue to have the autonomy to offer programs of choice to benefit the students of the community. Let's continue with our accomplishments.
Let's Move Forward Together to Build Community Schools with Local Control
There are several major issues facing our schools today.
1. School and District restructuring are essential in order to increase educational quality and reduce class size. We must complete the restructuring of AESD from a centrally managed district to one that is school centered, significantly reducing administrative overhead. We are one of the highest paying districts in the area for teachers, despite severe budget issues.
2. Instructional Quality is critical to increasing the rigor state standards requires and we have made significant progress in changing our instructional approach and student assessments to meet the needs of every child. As a professional educator and two term board member, I know what works in the classroom and and how to restructure the district to support continuous improvement. I will continue to move us forward.
3. Inclusion of students with special needs in the general education classroom is a civil right and a recent Supreme Court ruling has upheld the right of every student with special needs to have access to rigorous and meaningful academic programs. We have transformed AESD into an inclusive school district, creating equity and opportunity for the disabled.
4. Dual Immersion and English Learners: We have increased access to world language programs for all students and we have specifically expanded our bi-literacy program, enabling students to become fluent in two languages. This will significantly help our large English learner population.
5. Equity and the local control of our schools to create opportunity for all students to access specialized programs, such as world language instruction, honors programs, and the arts and music, has begun to transform schools. Students, parents, staff, and taxpayers collectively manage their own local school within the legal context of the Local Control and Accountability Plan. Henry, Marshall, Loara, and Gauer have all developed their own unique school site plans.
I have included a blog and several links throughout this site to assist you in gathering information. I have also included videos below that reflect the spirit of change and effective leadership in this campaign. There are additional video links on my blog. Thank you for visiting my site and supporting our schools.
1. School and District restructuring are essential in order to increase educational quality and reduce class size. We must complete the restructuring of AESD from a centrally managed district to one that is school centered, significantly reducing administrative overhead. We are one of the highest paying districts in the area for teachers, despite severe budget issues.
2. Instructional Quality is critical to increasing the rigor state standards requires and we have made significant progress in changing our instructional approach and student assessments to meet the needs of every child. As a professional educator and two term board member, I know what works in the classroom and and how to restructure the district to support continuous improvement. I will continue to move us forward.
3. Inclusion of students with special needs in the general education classroom is a civil right and a recent Supreme Court ruling has upheld the right of every student with special needs to have access to rigorous and meaningful academic programs. We have transformed AESD into an inclusive school district, creating equity and opportunity for the disabled.
4. Dual Immersion and English Learners: We have increased access to world language programs for all students and we have specifically expanded our bi-literacy program, enabling students to become fluent in two languages. This will significantly help our large English learner population.
5. Equity and the local control of our schools to create opportunity for all students to access specialized programs, such as world language instruction, honors programs, and the arts and music, has begun to transform schools. Students, parents, staff, and taxpayers collectively manage their own local school within the legal context of the Local Control and Accountability Plan. Henry, Marshall, Loara, and Gauer have all developed their own unique school site plans.
I have included a blog and several links throughout this site to assist you in gathering information. I have also included videos below that reflect the spirit of change and effective leadership in this campaign. There are additional video links on my blog. Thank you for visiting my site and supporting our schools.
The Need to Change
The video below by RSA is an excellent overview of the problems facing
education today.
education today.
The Need to Offer World Language Instruction
The video below is about our dual language immersion program, celebrates our achievements over the past ten years, and demonstrates the critical need to offer programs that will make our students competitive for the multi-lingual high tech jobs of the future.
The Need to Foster INCLUSIVE Schools Where All Students Can Succeed
Our educational system is the great American equalizer. It is a place where students are encouraged to think of others first and themselves last, to work as a team for the common good. Beyonce, in a performance at the United Nations, asks us what we will do to help others. Enjoy.