Students are forever our utmost priority. The entire education system exists to serve the students who attend its institutions, and in every action, decision, program, and policy, the benefit of the student must be the primary concern. While parents entrust their children to our educational system, parents are the primary overseers of their children's upbringing; schools serve the students but are ultimately accountable to parents. Parents play a vital role in their child's education, and their voice is heard through the governing school board. Read More
A school without teachers is nothing more than a daycare center. The objective of an educational system is to provide students with a quality education of the highest degree. For that to happen, it is requisite that teachers be supplied with the tools and backed with the support they need to deliver top-level instruction in the classroom. Happy and reinforced teachers result in competent students, and the governing school board must both protect and champion teachers.
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When it comes to academic proficiency, good is never good enough. In Fiscal Year 2022, one of every three HUSD students tested as "not proficient" in Mathematics and English Language Arts, and two of every three students tested as "not proficient" in science. In other words, twenty students in a classroom of 30 are incompetent in science. While these trends may be better than statewide averages, we should not be satisfied with "fitting in with the rest." We owe it to our students, their parents, and the community to produce highly educated and proficient pupils. Read More
Russell B. Long said, "A government by secrecy benefits no one. It injures the people it seeks to serve; it damages its own integrity and operation. It breeds distrust, dampens the fervor of its citizens and mocks their loyalty." A lack of communication from a school district erodes the community's faith in its institution. Parents, teachers, and the community—to whom the district is duty-bound—expect a certain level of transparency, and it is imperative that the district meet these expectations. Read More
The taxpayers’ interests must be justly represented by the governing school board, whose job it is to balance fulfilling essential student needs and be held accountable with tax dollars. Every salary, book, light bulb, and floor tile is funded by the taxpayer. Even without a child in the education system, tax-paying businesses and constituents benefit from a quality school district when highly educated students enter the workforce and move into neighborhood homes. While students are the top priority, decisions made and actions taken in the name of students are inextricably tied to the taxpayers—to whom the district is beholden. Just as parents entrust a district with their children, so do taxpayers entrust the district with their dollars. Read More