Dedication to Amesbury Schools
My Vision for Amesbury Schools
I see our schools with enriched and restored creative arts and music programs, opportunities for middle and high school students of all abilities to play sports, vulnerable students with the supports they need, an expanded AIHS with its own home, and rigorous and engaging teaching that gets children out of the classroom and into the wider world.
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We can provide all of this again with leadership, creative thinking, collaboration, grit, and an appetite for change. We cannot recreate the schools of the past. We are in a new age, with new challenges, constraints, and opportunities. I would love to keep working toward this vision, and with a new superintendent and dedicated School Committee, I believe we can truly brighten the future of Amesbury’s schools.
5 Years of Service to Amesbury Schools
Chair of Long-range Planning Committee
Convene Task Force to investigate and develop strategies to more efficiently use our buildings, collaborate and/or regionalize with other districts, bring in more substantial donations to create an endowment fund, and advocate for more equitable distribution of Chapter 70 funding.
Past Chair, Policy & Personnel Committee
Lead the Committee in its review and updating of district policies, annual performance review of the Superintendent, address relevant personnel issues, member of negotiating team working with AFT on new contracts for teachers, nurses, paraprofessionals, and MPFTs (Multi-purpose Facilities Technicians)
Co-Chair, Superintendent Search Committee
Work with MASC staff and our Search Committee to screen candidates, conduct interviews, elicit community input, conduct site visits, and bring three qualified candidates to the School Committee for consideration and selection.
School Committee Secretary
Keep records as needed of relevant meetings, and timing for public comments at School Committee meetings.