City by the Lake

My interest in MCAS school board

As a canditate for school board, I can get up and site a litany of reasons why I want to serve you all. The biggest reason is simple, I believe Michigan City deserves to be a first class community, and I believe that I can contribute something to help return us to that top notch status.

If you ask anyone who has lived in Michigan City for more than a generation or two, and they will instantly harken back to the days when not only were we a beautiful tourist destination, but we were a destination, period. Not only were jobs plentiful and our town was considered safe, but our school systems had an excellent reputation attached to it. There is plenty of blame to go around for this decline, but I think the time for blame has passed, and now is the time to revive our school system, if for nothing else than to give our children a better shot at living a quality lifestyle in the 21st century.

Remember it is our children who have the most to lose here with declining test scores and increasing class sizes. We owe it to our children to give them tools that they need to become lifelong learners, as it is vital to their future success. If kids are graduating without the ability to learn, we have failed them as a community, and as a school system.

I believe with my work history, my love of Michigan City, and my connections to the youth of Michigan City that I am a perfect fit to aid the school board in their desire to fix our system.

posted by southsider2k5 @ 12:49 PM