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PLATFORM MESSAGE

CONTINUE IMPROVING TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS THE BEST 
KEY POINTS
Communication
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  • Clear and effective Communication

  • Listening and hearing the concerns from parents, students, teachers, and stakeholders

  • Following through with questions or requests, good or undesired answers

Student Success​
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  • Positive school culture and climate is key

  • Increase attendance, improves individual student success

  • Understanding mental health and providing specific support

  •  Knowing every child's path to success is different

  • Smaller teacher/student ratios (new schools help)

Teacher Support
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  • Classroom support for teachers with unique student challenges

  • Finding ways to increase teacher pay & support staff, KEEP OUR TEACHERS here in Stafford

  • Looking to keep teachers here with innovative affordable housing options to include home ownership

  • An award system (financial) for extraordinary impacts they make throughout their careers

Budget
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  • Work with our Board of Supervisors to address our yearly school budget concerns and meet school division needs

  • Find alternative ways to bring additional money needed to our schools as with the Meals tax implemented by BOS as of July 1

  • Study benefits of a revenue sharing with our Board of Supervisors 

  • Continue Stafford growth with an excellent school system encourages residents to support local businesses and additionally bring more businesses

  • Work with state legislators to allocate more Stafford school funding

  • Actively review our budget/line items and suggest necessary cuts

School Safety
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  • Leader in School Safety Across Commonwealth Virginia

  • Knowing first-hand of the challenges our schools face daily

  • Real solutions to help address safety concerns

  • Working with Stafford Sheriff's Office and the SROs

  • "Prevention Through Education" approach

    • Early Identification​

    • Effective Intervention

    • Successful Prevention

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