Wednesday, February 28, 2007
District 300 School Board Candidate Monica Clark Begins Campaign
Hampshire insurance agenct Monica Clark is running for the Carpentersville District 300 School Board. Below is her first press release:
HAMPSHIRE – Monica Clark announced she is kicking off her campaign operations today. Clark is running as a candidate for one of the four seats on the District 300 Board of Education.
“Through this all, I want to make sure people know the most important reason I’m running,” said Clark. “I have students in the school district and our board members should always be evaluating their decisions based on the best interest of those students.”
Clark became frustrated with the way the March referendum was supported by the board last year.
According to Clark, the school board engaged in questionable tactics to support the referendum that used students as political tools.
“I should never have had my daughter coming home from school every day with a new reason why I should vote yes to the referendum.” continues Clark. “Her teachers were spending classroom time campaigning for the referendum and this should never have happened.”
Clark is running to make the board more accountable to students and parents, who she believes should be the first consideration in any decision board members make.
With two children in District 300, she’s experienced the downward trend of the education offered students, but also sees a lot of promise in the community with getting parents, teachers, and students involved equally.
“If we challenge our students to excel, they will. First, though, we need board members that can challenge themselves to be honest with their actions and focus on the needs of students before their own,” said Clark.
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My kids came home with stories of teachers encouraging their students to debate the referenda issues in class. If your child tried to represent a "no" vote, he/she was immediately met with animosity by other students. Even in our middle schools, perhaps elementary, too, our kids were indoctrinated. When attending a recent "Strategic Plan Focus Group Meeting" I heard several parents voice their disgust with these tactics, ie "KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE CLASSROOMS!" Good Luck Ms. Clark, you have two votes from my house!
It is so encouraging to see candidates like Clark and Ryan in the race. Maybe, just maybe, the tide is turning.
The issue here is not the bad behavior of the current board, which is lenghty and well documented, but what these candidates will do better and how they will do it.
I will vote for Clark and Ryan, but how will they do it differently?
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I will vote for Clark and Ryan, but how will they do it differently?
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