Why don't more people run for school board?
As of last Friday, five people (including me) had filed to run for the four seats up for grabs in the Hillsboro school board elections on May 17. The Oregonian asks the question "Why don't more people run for school board?" in its weekly Community Snapshot.I would add to that the question "Why don't more people VOTE in the elections for school board?" In the May 2003 election, right after a season of severe funding cuts for our K-12 public schools, less than 25% of the registered voters in the Hillsboro school district cast a ballot. Local and state government have a significant effect on our daily lives, yet the large majority of people are not aware of who their representatives are and of what they do. The reality is that only a handful of people are informed and passionate enough about local government. And that is one of the reasons we lost the November levy by a landslide. One of my goals, if elected, is to improve communication with the local community.
And based on what I know about the other candidates running for the Hillsboro school board, we may lack in quantity but we are big on quality. The people who are running are knowledgeable about our schools and our district, are passionate about them, and they will bring a lot of new ideas to the table.
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