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Wants to overhaul the funding formula to reflect current costs and increasing needs.

Wants to change the school funding formula "to reflect current costs and increasing needs."

Supports modernizing aging school facilities to ensure they are secure and comfortable for learning.

Wants to update school facilities so students have a secure and comfortable learning environment. 

- Wants to change the school funding formula "to reflect current costs and increasing needs."
- Wants to update school facilities so students have a secure and comfortable learning environment. 

School Facilities & Resources

Supports expanding career and technical education (CTE) programs to prepare students for employment.

Wants to expand career and technical education (CTE) programs to help students prepare for the workforce. 

Believes there is still work to be done to recover from pandemic-related learning loss, saying reading and math proficiency scores are improving but "still not where they should be."

Believes there is more that needs to be done for students to recover from COVID-19 learning deficits. 

Aims to enhance special transportation services for children with disabilities.

Wants a more available and reliable transportation for special education students. 

- Wants to expand career and technical education (CTE) programs to help students prepare for the workforce. 
- Believes there is more that needs to be done for students to recover from COVID-19 learning deficits. 
- Wants a more available and reliable transportation for special education students. 

Access to Education

Wants to advocate for increased teacher pay to address the rising cost of living.

Advocates for to raising teacher pay to counter rising living costs. 

Supports expanding the Future Teachers Program to encourage young people to become teachers.

Plans to expand the Future Teachers Program to encourage young people to become teachers.

Believes in recruiting professionals from outside of public education to become teachers.

Supports recruiting teachers from any education setting. 

Wants more teacher support to prevent burnout.

- Advocates for to raising teacher pay to counter rising living costs. 
- Plans to expand the Future Teachers Program to encourage young people to become teachers.
- Supports recruiting teachers from any education setting. 
- Wants more teacher support to prevent burnout.

Teachers

Believes teachers should have the freedom to design curriculum that meets state standards.

Supports a teacher's ability to design a curriculum as long as it meets state standards.

Supports parents' right to know what their children are being taught.

Supports informing parents of classroom material. 

Supports allowing parents to opt their children out of "objectionable" material.

Supports allowing parents to decide if they want their child to opt out of material they oppose. 

- Supports a teacher's ability to design a curriculum as long as it meets state standards.
- Supports informing parents of classroom material. 
- Supports allowing parents to decide if they want their child to opt out of material they oppose. 

School Curriculum

Wants to review how schools address bullying and other misconduct and ensure disciplinary procedures are clear, fair, and effective in preventing such behavior.

Believes in providing comprehensive training for School Resource Officers.

Supports providing comprehensive training for School Resource Officers.

Believes in enhancing school safety through effective security measures and annual emergency response training for school staff.

Wants to enhance school safety through security measures and annual emergency response training for school staff.

Supports creating more volunteer opportunities for parents to help in schools.

Wants to create more volunteer opportunities for parents to help in schools.

- Wants to review how schools address bullying and other misconduct and ensure disciplinary procedures are clear, fair, and effective in preventing such behavior.
- Supports providing comprehensive training for School Resource Officers.
- Wants to enhance school safety through security measures and annual emergency response training for school staff.
- Wants to create more volunteer opportunities for parents to help in schools.

Student Wellbeing

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Supports efficient and transparent school budgeting policies.

Plans to advocate for equal funding for district schools.

Plans to ask for more school funding through sources including grants and partnerships to support school programs and reduce funding gaps.

Wants to form partnerships with with local businesses and community organizations to help support school programs.

- Supports efficient and transparent school budgeting policies.
- Plans to advocate for equal funding for district schools.
- Plans to ask for more school funding through sources including grants and partnerships to support school programs and reduce funding gaps.
- Wants to form partnerships with with local businesses and community organizations to help support school programs.

Wants equal access to a quality education and school resources for all.

Supports efforts to address education gaps among students from different backgrounds.

Support promoting and easy access to magnet schools.

- Wants equal access to a quality education and school resources for all.
- Supports efforts to address education gaps among students from different backgrounds.
- Support promoting and easy access to magnet schools.

Plans to advocate for competitive salaries, career development opportunities, and resources for school staff.

Plans to advocate for and make efforts to address school staff burnout and reduce resignation rates.

- Plans to advocate for competitive salaries, career development opportunities, and resources for school staff.
- Plans to advocate for and make efforts to address school staff burnout and reduce resignation rates.

Wants more parental involvement in school activities and input for making decisions.

- Wants more parental involvement in school activities and input for making decisions.

Supports policies that foster a school community that is welcoming and belonging.

Wants more communication and transparency between the school board, parents, and the community.

Wants more funding for school counselors and mental health support.

Wants to establish programs that address bullying and support social-emotional learning (SEL).

- Supports policies that foster a school community that is welcoming and belonging.
- Wants more communication and transparency between the school board, parents, and the community.
- Wants more funding for school counselors and mental health support.
- Wants to establish programs that address bullying and support social-emotional learning (SEL).

Jordyne Blaise

- 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. 