I feel I need one more term to see some things I really worked for finished. One thing she wants to see completed is the rebuilding of Madison Elementary School, a project initiated by legislative mandate. The bill was spearheaded by Assemblyman Wendell Williams, D-Las Vegas, and when Madison is razed and built anew, it will be named after him. Beatrice Turner, a home health care worker who lives down the street from Madison, remains incensed by the decision.
People are still upset about it.
Turner said that if she's elected, one of her main goals will be to help students score better on the state's high school proficiency exam. Barber's other challenger, Ruth Spear, wants to make sure her four grandchildren have quality teachers. That's not always true now. Spear also wants to decrease class sizes. Nevada's largest daily newspaper.