Priorities

Four priorities I'm running on

Practical commitments shaped by conversations with educators, staff, and families: student well-being, academic excellence, supporting great educators and staff, and future-ready learning.

Student Well-Being

Every child should feel safe, supported and that they belong.

Academic success begins with well-being. Every child, regardless of their background, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or family circumstances, deserves to feel safe, respected, and supported at school. I will strengthen student support, belonging, and family partnerships so every child has the opportunity to learn and thrive.

Increase awareness of the mental-health and counseling resources our district already offers
Strengthen partnerships with families so support at school and at home work together
Identify needs early and connect students with help before small struggles become big ones
Foster belonging on every campus, with a clear focus on bullying prevention
Support smoother transitions, especially into middle school

Academic Excellence

Support every student. Challenge every student.

San Carlos schools are known for strong academics. Keeping them strong means protecting the fundamentals and a well-rounded education for every student.

Continue to keep a sharp focus on literacy, math, and science fundamentals, plus arts, music, and enrichment
Support high-quality instruction and meaningful, ongoing professional development of teachers
Support appropriate differentiation so students who need additional help receive it, while students ready for greater challenge continue to grow
Emphasize critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving alongside technology skills

Supporting Great Educators & Staff

Great schools depend on great people. Let’s keep them here.

Great schools depend on great people. Teachers, paraeducators, instructional aides, custodians, support staff, and everyone who helps our schools run successfully play an important role in our students' education and well-being.

Treat retaining great educators and staff as a priority because stability and experience directly benefit students
Partner with the City of San Carlos to explore workforce housing solutions that help our school employees afford to remain in our community
Give educators a meaningful voice in evaluating classroom technology and provide training and support when new tools are adopted
Technology should support educators’ work, never replace their professional judgment or the relationships at the heart of teaching
Protect teachers' planning time and look for ways to reduce unnecessary administrative burden across our schools
Make sure educators and staff have a meaningful voice in decisions that affect their work and our students

Future-Ready Learning

Strong foundations first. Technology where it truly helps.

Preparing children for the future does not mean putting more technology in front of them. In K–8, it starts with strong foundations in reading, writing, math, science, creativity, independent thinking and critical thinking.

Keep foundational learning and critical thinking at the center of K–8 education
Do not make generative AI a routine classroom learning tool for young students
Give educators a meaningful voice in decisions about classroom technology
Protect student privacy and carefully evaluate the safety and educational value of new tools before introducing them
Consider targeted uses of technology where there is a clear student benefit, such as appropriate accessibility, special-needs support or language support
As students mature, build the digital literacy and critical-thinking skills they need to understand emerging technologies and navigate them responsibly

How I'll Govern

My approach to leadership on the board

Responsible Stewardship & Clear Results

Our schools depend on the trust and investment of our entire community. I believe responsible stewardship means more than balancing a budget. It means setting clear goals, understanding what we are investing to achieve them, looking at the evidence of progress, and making that connection easy for the public to understand.

As a Board member, I will ask disciplined questions:

What are we trying to accomplish?
What are we investing?
How will we know if it is working?
What have we learned, and what should we adjust?

Not everything in education can or should be reduced to a number. But our goals, measures of progress, and tradeoffs should be as clear as possible. Whether or not you have children in our schools, you deserve to understand what the community is being asked to invest, what those dollars support, and what that investment is accomplishing.

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