We have all seen over the past few years (or decades) how public education has rapidly changed. Although change is not always bad we must put the future of education in job training and back under the control of parents.
1. Protect the rights of parents to have a say in their child's education. We are seeing seriously concerning trends in education across the country and across the state. My goal is not to step on the toes of school boards but rather to make sure that a parent's voice is always protected and never stifled. I do not believe the state should be dictating specific curriculum to school districts but there should be checks in place to make sure that curriculum fosters growth and unity not strife and division. I want to help foster an environment where academic expertise can be supplemented with the needs of students, communities, and families, not produce an adversarial environment.
2. Exponentially grow the size and resources for technical education. I believe that parents and individual towns should not be stuck into going along with one size fits all educational programming from Beacon Hill and one specific area that the state must intervene is in assisting the growth of technical education. Communities need the resources to support our students and prepare them for the real world without college. If a student wants to get a technical education there should be nothing to stop that. The application process is burdensome and would be unnecessary if the schools grew with demand.
I understand that technical education can be expensive to offer but even if a student does not go to a VoTech school they should be able to learn some of the necessary skills to become a competitive applicant out of school. Whether this is accomplished through after school technical programing or assisting municipalities fund the classes as part of a student's regular curriculum.
I will fight to help lead this improvement because not only is it just but it is necessary!
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