hi my name is peter pan's office and i run for belmont school committee and i have lived in belmont for nineteen years with my wife although we have two children elias who is five and evan who is one in they will be in the belmont public school system for the next several years as a parent in the belmont taxpayer i see over the next several years belmont is going to go through a lot of positive changes in the school system these upcoming school changes have caused me to get more involved in community degree in management finance and a masters degree in information systems i also have a number of oracle and microsoft as ignitions and certifications my professional background as a global portfolio manager i mean is a team of diverse u s and india employees who consult and implement oracle products such as financials project a constant supply chain in human capital management applications or over the years i have been a trusted advisor to a number of fortune five hundred startup executives i you and your children will be my number one clients i will put the same passion that i do in my professional job to make our beloved belmont community a better place for our children and for all the families of belmont i appreciate your support involved at this time i want to give you some tangible examples of what i will bring to the table if elected i am not a schoolteacher or a politician i am an experienced professional planner who uses for to share responsibility to build a collaborative transparent process and i want to do the same for the pomo school system is at a time we we need to be vigilant and recognize the budget efficiencies we will be spending two hundred and ninety five million dollars to build a new school and potentially another one hundred million to build a hockey rink i can help  looking to alleviate some of the tax burdens of the new high school construction will bring if elected i will look at all aspects of the school budget and challenge areas where there are potential savings to be had for example i have been reviewing the online town and school budgets in see that over the last same contractor who both the wonton is building the new high school this time the stakes and costs are higher and we need to have thoughtful planning to ensure we get it right the new high school will need to support the expected upcoming growth while maintaining fiduciary responsibility are town of residential properties and property taxes are major revenue stream for the town we need to have someone on the school committee that not only understands budgeting but truly has experience and plan in them there are many areas where we must be forward thinking construct consideration of the ten marginal classrooms that were purchased over the years to alleviate the student enrollment for were built behind burbling in six behind we need to look at the upper school programs in these facilities to determine what the bring in alleviating some of the capital expenditure costs that were made previously i want to look at options to solve parent issues that they face today such as the after school care program issue currently parents have to win the lottery to be able to have after school care for their children because of space concerns maybe those ten marginal classrooms can be used in the future i will also look at school start times in the bus an issue that we currently face the bus and budget for f y twenty is projected to be seven hundred and thirty thousand there are proposed and implement in complex multimillion dollar budgets for over twenty years experience in bringing challenging questions to the table in addressing them collaboratively most importantly have a proven track record of managing them on time on budget with policy  compliance in mind at a minimum i always strive to be and often challenge myself to exceed my clients expectations if elected to the bomoh school committee the children and the taxpayers will be my client and as i do in my professional job i will make sure that i will do for you and give my time and energy to belmont to ensure we are doing the right thing i preach to you support in vote on the april nd election thank you very much