Working to give our children a world-class educational experience so that they will be able to compete globally.

My background in the Social Sciences allows me to research, analyze and understand what makes for a great education today.  I will examine how other countries achieve higher math, reading and science scores than the U.S. while spending less money per student than the U.S. does.  Then I will help apply those findings to the East Aurora Union Free School District.  See the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's website http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3699,en_2649_37455_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html for global education statistics.

Creating a fiscally responsible model of excellence, actively seeking out creative, untapped funding for the district.

I led a group of volunteer community members and school faculty to design, build and maintain a large school vegetable garden.  This garden resides on the grounds of Parkdale Elementary School.  Through the successful attainment of grants, this project was realized without burdening the Town of Aurora taxpayers.  The teachers are now able to utilize the Garden to teach science, math, nutrition, language arts, and history in the Garden.  This gives children the practical, hands-on educational experience that is needed for them to compete globally.  We continually engage the community in maintaining the Garden.  The Parkdale Elementary lunch program will be offering vegetables and herbs from the garden this spring, enriching the selection of offerings for lunch.

Meet The Candidate

I am a mother of two elementary age children in the East Aurora Union Free School District.  I am an active member of the PTO.  I am the Development Director of the emerging non profit Educators Institute for Human Rights http://www.eihr.org/. I am the project coordinator of the Parkdale Community Garden at Parkdale Elementary, this is a volunteer position.  I run the Parkdale Garden Club.  I am the co founder of Kids to Kids in East Aurora, where we provide youth in our town with an understanding of what it is like to be a school age child in Kenya, Africa.  My children and I are active in S.M.I.L.E. in East Aurora, a service oriented youth program.  I have a degree in Cultural Anthropology from Miami University of Ohio.