Occupation
Previous or Current Elected or Appointed Office
Interim School Committee member 2019; Town Meeting member since 2016
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Why are you seeking elective office?
The Reading Public Schools have done an excellent job of educating my daughters, and I would like to help ensure that same excellence for all current and future students.
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is _______, and this is what I intend to do about it.
The single most pressing issue facing all districts in Massachusetts and the country is the pandemic. The Massachusetts Education Commissioner has said districts need to get elementary students back in the district starting April 5, the day before the election, with middle and high school starting later in the month. I hope I can be helpful in that process, though it is an operational issue, and thus outside the purview of the School Committee. But if there are budget adjustments (cost center transfers) that are necessary to make this work, then I would be glad to approve them. I also think we should be prepared to continue pooled testing to catch any asymptomatic infections. Further, social/emotional and mental health repercussions of COVID may affect our school community for some time so it will be important to have adequate resources to support students with those needs.