Our Children deserve a quality public education.

I have had the privilege of working with students in our communities for the past seven years both in an academic and athletic capacity. Over the past few years I have had students produce a documentary with local military veterans, develop scale models of antiquity, and explore their capabilities by reading primary sources, and writing analytical reports. I have relied on grants from retired teachers, worked with administrators and fellow educators, and pulled additional money out of my own pocket to give students the additional resources and tools they need to learn. I am happy to do it. I care for their future. I care for my daughters future in public education. I question the motivation of our state legislature when it comes to public school funding. Why are they not devoting appropriate resources to our public schools, when our schools produce the next generation of civic, social, and economic leaders in our communities?