About the Candidate
Thoughtful results-based leader with over two decades of business leadership.
Education
Bachelor’s in management from UMass Lowell
Previous campaigns and elected office(s) held
None
Top three priorities
To have thoughtful use of technology in schools, no remote learning days, only in-person learning our children crave and provide fiscal responsibility our citizens are looking for while balancing the district priorities.
Why are you running?
To make a difference in my community, bridge the gap between citizens and district priorities. I want to support learning and growth of students, we have fallen very behind over the last 20+ years, ever since technology was mandated in all public classrooms in Maine.
What is the biggest challenge facing your area’s schools? The biggest opportunity?
There is too much reliance on technology in our schools. Our elementary students need teacher-led instruction with pencils, papers and textbooks, not Chromebooks and iPads. All technology in middle and high school should be instructor led. This is leading to students falling behind.
If you could change one thing about how your local schools function, what would it be and why?
Transparency of the budget process within the communities. The community wants fact based decisions, not estimates. Process is not a partnership and the process is perceived as being done behind closed doors.
Do you think the state government is too involved in local schooling? Not involved enough? The right amount of involved? Explain your answer.
Too involved, mandating pre-K in each community regardless of what the community wants/needs puts and undue expense burden on citizens that are looking to stay in their homes/communities on a very fixed income. This should be optional and up to a parents discretion.