Address diverse learning challenges with urgency so every student flourishes.
Expand tutoring for struggling students in order to address declining literacy scores.
Uphold robust Gifted and Talented and Academy programs.
Insist on curriculum transparency.
Ensure students have access to meaningful career guidance.
Invest in and promote workforce training programs with industry-recognized certifications.
Instill in students an understanding of our Country’s founding, how government works, and civic responsibilities of citizens to strengthen our democracy.
Equip students with skills in civil discourse, instead of cancelling those with whom they disagree.
Rebuild public trust in the decision-making process.
Students’ proximity to their assigned school should remain a top priority.
Increase stewardship of finances—as families tighten their belts, FBISD must do the same.
Retain a third-party auditing firm to uncover additional places to save money.
Prioritize spending to our teachers and their classrooms.
Bolster school building safety and continue vigilance to ensure students are safe from intruders.
Empower teachers and administrators to address problematic behaviors that block learning by using the Student Code of Conduct.
Solicit feedback and begin open dialog to better understand why there was a 20% turnover of teachers this year.
Work with administrators to reassess the metrics by which they are evaluated.
As a trustee, I will take the arrows when administrators make necessary, but unpopular, decisions to build more effective learning communities.
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