Issue Position: Strong Public Schools for All

Issue Position

A Community is strong when it has strong schools.

Education must be a priority. We need adequate funding for school construction, expansion of Pre-K, increase the per pupil expenditure to offset inflation and to give our teachers more autonomy to develop teaching methods suitable for all learning styles. We must also understand that the students that compose the school system are increasingly diverse and we must, therefore, implement programs that recognize that diversity and allows all students a fair opportunity to succeed. This will begin to close the problem of the "achievement gap" and other problems our schools are presently experiencing. Let's make sure our community thrives and we support our children with legislation that will:

Make universal Pre-K a priority
Get kids out of trailers and into classrooms
Increase access to social workers, psychologists, counselors and ESOL teachers
Recruit and retain quality teachers

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