Academic Excellence at the core of every decision needs to be how can we get the student to their full potential budget responsibility folks they're your tax dollars... career Readiness diploma in hand they need to be prepared for the next step... school safety period.

My goals are to ensure that all of the students in our schools are provided with a high quality education that our district finances are not secret to the taxpaying public...and that we engage our students parents as active participants in the education process to maximize our students potential.

We along with our communities residents share a symbiotic triangle uh we serve one another we depend upon one another uh we benefit one another.

I see the board's role as a bridge connecting education with economic development making Lakeville an attractive place for businesses to grow and Thrive.

I've built two homes here in Lakeville a most recent home was with Country Joe so a local Builder I send my kids to Lakeville schools and uh we spend way too much money at the Lakeville Target so uh yeah that's how I engage in the on a personal side with the local business Community.

My business has always been referral based and those referrals were based on my networking in the community often times I do need to partner with other business owners to get work done mainly choosing local business owners.

I think something that I would like to consider is how can we build perhaps facilities using one site like a multi campus opportunity to reduce costs on building and efficiencies.

If we can open up the books because it is all taxpayer money money we let the public know what the money is being spent on ensure that it's being spent wisely that we're being good stewards of the taxpayers money then we're building trust and then when we have a levy or we need to pass a levy in order to fund something the taxpayers aren't questioning whether we're wasting their money and we'd have their confidence on their vote.

They disrupt the learning environment cheating bullying...the Wall Street Journal had a report recently that teen anxiety and depression was fostered by social media...on the other hand moms are texting kids and saying there's a change in the car pool and they need to know that.

What I would support is the suggestion that our administrators allow our high schoolers to form a Joint Council with educator advisement to develop a policy within State guidelines for the school board to then review edit and approve Not only would this give our students a fair voice in a in a matter that personally affects them U but also builds leadership and Civic skill and ultimately it improves both participation and buyin.

What if we came up with a program to allow the trades to hire Junior and senior high school students to start apprenticeships early to get a head start HVAC apprenticeships typically require 2 to 3,000 hours of on the- job training that can take three to 5 years to complete.

We are not participating in the college and the schools program which is an opportunity for college a dual enrollment college credit for our high school students we're the only School in the sub South Suburban Conference that doesn't have this as an option for our students.

I believe this is the role that needs to follow currently our district is extremely under staffed in this department and the student to staff ratio is at 512 to1 student enrollment has grown by 9% this hardly puts a dent on our District's needs.

Additionally we need to be careful that we're not stepping into an area that should be under the purview and control of parents and so you know I would Advocate that whenever there is an issue that we again and collaborate with the parents bring them into the situation.

If the graduate isn't ready for the workforce the trade school or college then we've failed them and I believe my credentials fit what needs to be done and don't forget folks what we're doing here is we're building adults.

We need to have a candidate that is going to put academics first that is your priority we're going to make sure that we are accountable for the spending of the budget so it goes back towards that first priority of putting academics first.