tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51606887182491842872024-02-08T07:11:19.434-08:00Cindy Duckett 4 District 4Please Vote
Tuesday, April 3Cindy Ducketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07955909942721516523noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160688718249184287.post-5135229336010602432007-03-05T10:10:00.000-08:002007-03-05T10:11:21.994-08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">Dear Friends, Family, Neighbors & Fellow Wichitans , March 2007<br /><br />My background is similar to many of yours — a concerned parent, grandparent and taxpayer.<br /><br />My goal is to improve and preserve public education. To accomplish this goal, we must examine current policy; determine its merit; keep what works and discard what doesn’t; solicit innovative ideas; search out programs with proven success to try here; and make the tough choices that promote accountability and responsibility in the system and the families it serves.<br /><br />As a member of the local school board, I will work toward the following:<br /><br />· Closing the achievement gap beginning at the elementary level and following with continued efforts through high school.<br />· Directing more dollars to the classroom and into the hands of teachers.<br />· More autonomy for teachers to teach their students the wide array of subject matter and core knowledge. Free teachers from having to spend so much time “teaching to the test.”<br />· Explore better methods for teaching reading successfully for all students.<br />· Ending forced busing, strengthening the district magnet program and building at least one new school in the AAA area to enable more students to attend school in their own neighborhoods.<br />· Uniformity, transparency and accountability in budgeting and spending.<br />· Intervention at the elementary level before small problems grow to large problems.<br /><br />I hope I can count on your vote and your help for the next four years. This campaign is an expensive undertaking. Every contribution—even small ones—will be greatly appreciated. I also need help getting the word out about my candidacy and I need volunteers to help put up signs.<br /><br />With sincere appreciation,<br />Cindy Duckett</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span>Cindy Ducketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07955909942721516523noreply@blogger.com0