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Leadership Profile: Leslie Carey, Chair

Leslie holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia College in Chicago. She has 4 children. She serves as a volunteer in local public schools.

Leslie currently works as a stress management facilitator. She previously worked as a massage therapist. 

Leslie Carey's campaign for County Board of Education Member is her first run for public office. She currently serves as the chair of the Henderson County Democratic Party. She also served as president of the Parent Teacher Association. 

Believes local school funding disparities should be minimized and urges community advocacy to support schools.

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Believes in reversing the defunding of schools. Supports increased funding for school construction and maintenance.

Believes school funding can be improved, noting local spending increased from $1801 per pupil in 2008 to $1885 last year. Said, "I think we can do better, do you?"

As of June 14, 2024, Leslie Carey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

School Facilities & Resources

Believes in focusing on equity in classrooms to ensure every student is "seen and heard."

Wants to place a greater emphasis on student equity in the classroom. 

- Wants to place a greater emphasis on student equity in the classroom. 

Access to Education

Believes in prioritizing "adequately paid" teachers and addressing teacher shortages. Supports fully staffing school districts to improve education quality.

Holds fully staffing the school district and providing adequate salaries as a priority. 

Believes schools should be "staffed properly and paid adequately" to benefit children and the community. Supports addressing teacher shortages and ensuring fair teacher compensation.

The candidate's website says, "Let's make sure that ALL children thrive in school and that our teachers have the tools they need to prepare students for a competitive world."

Supports ensuring teachers have adequate resources for student support. 

Believes investing in educators is crucial to address teacher pay, shortages, and training. Said, "we need to invest in our educators and students now" to improve the school system.

Supports investing in teachers and students. 

Believes in ensuring teachers have "up-to-date information" on classroom dynamics. Supports addressing teacher pay, shortages, and training.

Wants to ensure teachers have current information on managing classroom dynamics. 

Believes in investing in educators to address teacher pay, shortages, and training.

The candidate's website says, "fully staffed school district a priority."

- Holds fully staffing the school district and providing adequate salaries as a priority. 
- Supports ensuring teachers have adequate resources for student support. 
- Supports investing in teachers and students. 
- Wants to ensure teachers have current information on managing classroom dynamics. 

Teachers

Supports using tax dollars to invest in programs that improve math and reading proficiency.

Wants to use tax funds to invest in programs to improve math and reading proficiency.

- Wants to use tax funds to invest in programs to improve math and reading proficiency.

School Curriculum

Believes in providing free breakfast and lunch for every child.

Supports providing free breakfast and lunch for all students. 

- Supports providing free breakfast and lunch for all students. 
- Wants more parental involvement.

Student Wellbeing

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Leslie Carey

Leslie holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia College in Chicago. She has 4 children. She serves as a volunteer in local public schools

Believes local school funding should match the county's tax wealth and urges community advocacy for better school support.

Believes schools are underfunded and supports increasing school funding to meet basic needs for all students, including those with special needs.

Believes in understanding county and state restrictions and being creative within a budget for school facilities and resources. Supports collaboration with parents, teachers, and staff to address diverse needs and ideas focused on children.

Believes school systems vary in providing services for students with autism, ranging from excellent to subpar. Said, "IEP plans completely removing services (speech/OT)" can lead to frequent detentions and declining classwork performance.

Believes school systems vary in providing services for students with autism, ranging from excellent to subpar. 

The candidate's website says, "Classroom size has an impact on bullying"

The candidate's website says, "Classroom size has an impact on bullying." 

Leslie has four children and has been a volunteer in the public school systems since 2011. She eventually became a PTA President. She earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia College in 2000. 

Leslie currently works as a stress management facilitator and serves as the chair of the Henderson County Democratic Party. She previously worked as a massage therapist. 

Leslie Carey's campaign for County Board of Education Member is her first run for public office. 

- Believes local school funding should match the county's tax wealth and urges community advocacy for better school support.
- Believes schools are underfunded and supports increasing school funding to meet basic needs for all students, including those with special needs.
- Believes in understanding county and state restrictions and being creative within a budget for school facilities and resources. Supports collaboration with parents, teachers, and staff to address diverse needs and ideas focused on children.

- Believes in focusing on equity in classrooms to ensure every student is "seen and heard."

Believes in ensuring teachers have "up-to-date information" on classroom dynamics. 

- Believes in prioritizing "adequately paid" teachers and addressing teacher shortages. Supports fully staffing school districts to improve education quality.
- The candidate's website says, "Let's make sure that ALL children thrive in school and that our teachers have the tools they need to prepare students for a competitive world."
- Believes investing in educators is crucial to address teacher pay, shortages, and training. Said, "we need to invest in our educators and students now" to improve the school system.
- Believes in ensuring teachers have "up-to-date information" on classroom dynamics. 

- Supports using tax dollars to invest in programs that improve math and reading proficiency.

- Believes school systems vary in providing services for students with autism, ranging from excellent to subpar. 
- Believes in providing free breakfast and lunch for every child.
- The candidate's website says, "Classroom size has an impact on bullying." 

As of July 8, 2024, Leslie Carey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. They create policies that establish standards, accountability and evaluation of essential operations of the school system.
- The Board of Education member hires a superintendent and can remove them when necessary. The superintendent assists the Board of Education in implementing the board’s policies. 
- The Board of Education is charged with deciding the school budget. This means they decide how to allocate money between different services, such as teacher pay, repairing school facilities, or access to technology.
- Board of Education members are elected every four years. 