Battle has chosen her door. She is running for a seat on District 2 s Community School Board. The PTA president came to her decision out of frustration that, in her district, working parents are shut out from important meetings held during the day. The course will help her develop her campaign strategy for the widespread and diverse district that includes Chinatown, Roosevelt Island, affluent Battery City and parts of Fifth Avenue. She will also draw on her personal experience as a day care teacher.
Battle plans to focus on better communication with parents.
She sees the importance of universal pre-kindergarten education and believes that any new curriculum should start from the first grade. As the pundits lament over low citizen participation in voting and politics and think tanks launch studies, D.C. 1707 is doing something to make civic life more interesting. It is giving its members the tools they need to change their communities and their lives.