What are the primary strengths and weaknesses of your district’s schools?  How can your district make public school a more attractive choice for local families?

The biggest strength in our school district is community involvement. Most of our teachers live here and their children attend these schools. Many parents volunteer and attend school functions.

Our biggest weakness is a disconnect of leadership and the community. Concerns go unaddressed, teachers feel unheard and underappreciated, and so are leaving. Our classes do not have the resources required to provide a successful learning environment.

Woodland Park School District needs a school board that will stay out of the headlines and focus on bringing in more programs and resources to the traditional public school to allow our students to shine.

Depending on the size of their district, School Board Members decide how to spend $10s of millions of dollars, or even $100s of millions, in taxpayer money each year.  How would you seek to prioritize the funds being stewarded by your district’s School Board?

As a BOE Director I would want to nave a needs assessment completed prior to discussion of the annual budget. Using the information gathered, I would vote to put financial resources in places that have the greatest return on investment for the largest number of students. The success of our students will be at the heart of all my decision making.

In recent years, established freedoms, including that of speech, peaceable assembly, exercise of religion, and medical autonomy, have been impacted by various mandates adopted by schools across America.  As an elected representative of the citizens of your district, how would you seek to secure the Constitutional liberties of your schools’ students and staff?

Freedom of speech is our most precious liberty. I would remove the current policy that prohibits our teachers from exercising their 1st Amendment rights.

What do you consider to be a parent’s role in a child’s education?  Do you believe that any information about a student should ever be withheld from a parent?

Parents are a child’s first teacher. It is vitally important the success of every student that their parents be involved in their education. Parents should attend school board meetings, work with the teachers to address any concerns and help create a safe and secure environment for their student to thrive.

What are the primary strengths and weaknesses of your district’s schools?  How can your district make public school a more attractive choice for local families?

We offer school choice which allows for different families needs and preferences. Provide a premier education, focusing on academic excellence for all students

Depending on the size of their district, School Board Members decide how to spend $10s of millions of dollars, or even $100s of millions, in taxpayer money each year.  How would you seek to prioritize the funds being stewarded by your district’s School Board?

I want to continue to attract and retain the best and brightest teachers, to accomplish this, we must ensure that teachers pay and benefits remain competitive. I want to focus our spending on our students and their academic achievement. I want to appropriately fund the various extra curricular activities that are school associated, whether it be athletics, band, theatre, etc. Children that are engaged in these kinds of activities show better balance when graduating from High School.

In recent years, established freedoms, including that of speech, peaceable assembly, exercise of religion, and medical autonomy, have been impacted by various mandates adopted by schools across America.  As an elected representative of the citizens of your district, how would you seek to secure the Constitutional liberties of your schools’ students and staff?

By following our state and nations constitutions! Our constitution is very inclusive and well written. All students will be treated EQUALLY and be provided a first class education!

What do you consider to be a parent’s role in a child’s education?  Do you believe that any information about a student should ever be withheld from a parent?

Parents are first and foremost responsible for the education of their children. We need to reinfranchise parents, work collaboratively with these parents and our teachers to provide a premier education for our kids, it takes both!

What are the primary strengths and weaknesses of your district’s schools?  How can your district make public school a more attractive choice for local families?

Our district has an amazing community that supports our teachers and schools. Last year we had record testing achievement on the SAT and that is due in large part to the dedication of teachers and students programs that have been in the works for half a decade. By changing the boards focus from political agenda, back to student success, and addressing the reasons, families were leaving our district we can restore the reputation of our district. In addition to reputation, increasing the academic and trade opportunity for a students will make the district more attractive choice for families.

Depending on the size of their district, School Board Members decide how to spend $10s of millions of dollars, or even $100s of millions, in taxpayer money each year.  How would you seek to prioritize the funds being stewarded by your district’s School Board?

We have to make sure that we have the funds available to continue the level of services offered to our students. This means that evaluating how facilities are being used across-the-board, the increased legal fees that have happened over the last two years, and the full-time paychecks for half time employees. I would look to prioritize spending on programs that are going to increase academic outcomes.

In recent years, established freedoms, including that of speech, peaceable assembly, exercise of religion, and medical autonomy, have been impacted by various mandates adopted by schools across America.  As an elected representative of the citizens of your district, how would you seek to secure the Constitutional liberties of your schools’ students and staff?

I would swear to uphold the Constitution of the State of Colorado and the United States of America. I would immediately remove the gag order that is currently in place for teachers. I would protect the religious rights of students.

What do you consider to be a parent’s role in a child’s education?  Do you believe that any information about a student should ever be withheld from a parent?

The parent is the ultimate authority in their child’s education. Concerning information should trigger conversations between the school officials and parents, not the opposite.

What are the primary strengths and weaknesses of your district’s schools?  How can your district make public school a more attractive choice for local families?

In Woodland Park, we improving the school choices and services available to our families. By improving opportunity, we can attract more families to our schools. Parents choose whether to send their children to our schools, so parents are our ultimate customer. We must never lose sight of that.

Depending on the size of their district, School Board Members decide how to spend $10s of millions of dollars, or even $100s of millions, in taxpayer money each year.  How would you seek to prioritize the funds being stewarded by your district’s School Board?

I believe that our budget must reflect the important of quality education, so we must spend it in the classroom on the best curriculum materials, quality teacher pay, and security for the safety of students, staff, and visitors. I have passed budgets that spend more on curriculum, security, and teacher pay, while at the same time reducing administrative overhead.

In recent years, established freedoms, including that of speech, peaceable assembly, exercise of religion, and medical autonomy, have been impacted by various mandates adopted by schools across America.  As an elected representative of the citizens of your district, how would you seek to secure the Constitutional liberties of your schools’ students and staff?

I believe the First Amendment guarantees each person’s right to follow his or her individual destiny, and the Second Amendment guarantees your ability to pursue that right. The first thing I did after getting elected in 2021 was act to permanently eliminate the mask mandate, and there will never be anything like that on my watch.

What do you consider to be a parent’s role in a child’s education?  Do you believe that any information about a student should ever be withheld from a parent?

Parents have a fundamental and constitutional right to raise their own children, and, like the Second Amendment until recently, I think that right has been somewhat ignored or dismissed by the legal system. I believe now is the time to develop and protect that right. Therefore, no school has the right to information about a child independent of the parent. Schools only have rights to children because they stand temporarily in the place of the parent. The parent is always the ultimate authority, and they must have full access to all information about their own child.

What are the primary strengths and weaknesses of your district’s schools?  How can your district make public school a more attractive choice for local families?

Our school district is focus on academic achievement, parental involvement, and teachers wages and benefits. I am committed on focusing on the academic goals for the district that will continue to attach new families and teachers to our community.

Depending on the size of their district, School Board Members decide how to spend $10s of millions of dollars, or even $100s of millions, in taxpayer money each year.  How would you seek to prioritize the funds being stewarded by your district’s School Board?

We must priority the students, their academic success, as well as the trades and STEAM programs we offer. I am focused on continuing improving teacher’s wages and benefits to attract the best talent to our district. I want to continue to reduce overhead and put more money into the teachers and students classrooms. I am proud of a balance budget and remaining fiscally conservative.

In recent years, established freedoms, including that of speech, peaceable assembly, exercise of religion, and medical autonomy, have been impacted by various mandates adopted by schools across America.  As an elected representative of the citizens of your district, how would you seek to secure the Constitutional liberties of your schools’ students and staff?

I support the American Constitution and the freedoms. I want to hear from all the constituents in the district.

What do you consider to be a parent’s role in a child’s education?  Do you believe that any information about a student should ever be withheld from a parent?

The parents should always be involved in a child’s educational journey from the time they start school until graduation. No information should ever be held from the parents. It is proven that when parents are active in their child’s education, the child is more successful in their school path.

What are the primary strengths and weaknesses of your district’s schools?  How can your district make public school a more attractive choice for local families?

We need to focus on our teachers and students, stop making poor fiscal decisions and empower our incredible Principles to develop programs that will bring families back to our traditional public schools. We cannot move forward with the chaos, division and constant attacks we have experienced over the last two years.

Depending on the size of their district, School Board Members decide how to spend $10s of millions of dollars, or even $100s of millions, in taxpayer money each year.  How would you seek to prioritize the funds being stewarded by your district’s School Board?

I will work to develop a strategic plan so that our stakeholders know where our focus lies. Some of the areas I would focus on are teacher salary, curriculum, new program development and facilities renovations and upgrades.

In recent years, established freedoms, including that of speech, peaceable assembly, exercise of religion, and medical autonomy, have been impacted by various mandates adopted by schools across America.  As an elected representative of the citizens of your district, how would you seek to secure the Constitutional liberties of your schools’ students and staff?

Our Constitutional liberties already exist. We need to keep them at the top of our decision making process and make sure they are applied equally and fairly to every child, teacher and parent in our district.

What do you consider to be a parent’s role in a child’s education?  Do you believe that any information about a student should ever be withheld from a parent?

A parent’s role is primary in a child’s education and study after study show that children succeed best when parents are engaged in their child’s development.