Mark Brentley/tidbits

==Voter Guide in April 2011==
My most important personal
characteristics are honesty,
dedication, and committment.
Conduct, would be one of my
greatest strengths. For the last 5
years I have been under attack and
often criticized for my opinion on
certain issues. Despite the issues
and positions that I have taken, I
have continued to maintain
professionalism during all school
board meetings and school district
functions.
Presently, I do not believe the
board operates correctly. Most
major decisions are made based
on race, politics, or classism. It
seems as though the wealthier
communities issues are
addressed immediately while
issues in poor communities go
unaddressed and rarely are they
resolved in a timely fashion. I
believe the role of the School
Board is to direct the
Superintendent, and the
Superintendent and staff are to
execute policies and procedures
of the board.
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When re-elected I will continue to fight for
equity for ALL children, advocate for
increased male/parent involvement
throughout the district, and increase
business opportunities for women,
minority, and small businesses throughout
the district.
I believe the most critical issue facing
the PPSdistrict is the mounting debt
accumulated within the past 5 years.
The change must come from the entire
board. My specific actions will be to
continue to be the voice of reason, to
advocate for the poor, and to be
watchdog over public dollars.
My course of action to address the
funding cuts would be to develop a
PPS Retired Employee Council (putting
out a call to retired employees asking
them to serve on an adhoc committee
to make recommendations to the
governors budget cuts). This
committee would measure the
governors budget impact on the PPS.
Second, the committee would put a
plan of action together to make
recommendations to the district for cuts
and/or consolidations of services.