Redondo Beach Unified School DistrictCandidate for Board Member

As a teacher’s husband and parent of two young boys, I‘m deeply familiar with the challenges that teachers, students and parents are facing.  I have a personal stake in the quality and success of our schools.

While we continue to emerge from restrictions, the many conflicting demands will require leadership, insight and analysis that I will bring to the School Board.  I’ll work to improve communication and outreach, increase transparency, and ensure students and teachers are safe.

I will work to minimize overcrowding through better coordination with the city on policies that impact our schools.  I’ll advocate for increased state funding to improve student-teacher ratios, assuring our students the best possible education.  I fully support that investment in our schools creates greater prosperity for everyone.  

My Prioritues:

Reopening Our Schools Safely

• Working closely with administrators and teachers to support the opening of schools so that students, teachers and staff are all safe, based on up-to-date public health protocols
• Ensuring that our children are positively supported during distance learning, including providing both physical and emotional reviews

Preparing Students for the 21st Century

• Working with staff to emphasize curriculum that prepares our students for higher education and the changing workforce in technical and creative fields
• Educating students to be well-rounded and model citizens, not just test takers

Building Trust between Educators and Administrators

• Involve teachers in decision making, including ways to enhance teaching with technology
• Ensuring that our teachers are motivated and compensated in order to attract and retain the best teachers available

Fighting for School Funding

• Keeping education funding in the classroom, where it belongs
• Securing all potential State funding, including regaining local funding lost when funding allocation formula was changed years ago