✎ Secure a fair share of the county budget for the school system and look to other available sources for funding, including, state and business, to help supplement education initiatives.
✎ Determine the most appropriate allocations of resources, both fiscal and human, to meet the specific needs of students.
✎ Provide for adequate funding needed for school construction and maintenance of current facilities.
✎ Create a vision of public education that ensures acceleration of achievement by giving students access to rigorous curriculum, highly qualified teachers and programs that employ proven strategies and methods for student learning and success.
✎ Promote the importance of high standards and accountability while supporting reform to end the flaws in standardized and high-stakes testing.
✎ Work to recruit and retain highly qualified staff and provide continued job-embedded professional development for staff to maintain this status.
✎ Foster respect for the contributions of all school system employees.
✎ Provide safe learning environments in our schools so that students can be successful.
✎ Educate and encourage children to choose healthy lifestyles.
✎ Raise awareness and support for family involvement in education by improving communication and including parents and the community in the decision-making process.
✎ Utilize proactive leadership.
