I support the current efforts of GLAA and others to create a new board if we can do it in a cost effective way that is offset by an increase in revenue or a decrease in some other programs which may be unnecessary. There very well may be some source of federal money that we can use to accomplish this goal as well. The Tyra Hunter incident and the more recent incident on P Street have shown how important such programs are. I will insist that members of the community be involved in the design and implementation of a sensitivity training program for the fire department as well. I oppose organized prayer in the public schools.
Students currently have every right to pray in school now as they choose and when they wish.
Having served for the last four years as an At-Large School Board member, I know first hand that elected school boards allow the greatest input by citizens. While some public officials fear public input, I am not one of those . I do support the recent decision to cut the salaries of the school board as well as curtailing the size of our staff. I want more money to go into instruction and services for children, and the physical plant of the schools, and less to bureaucratic inefficiencies that have escalated under the present Superintendent, Dr. Franklin Smith.