Competent and effective leadership matters

This is a hopeful time for so many of our students. The future is bright as graduation nears and families beam with pride, anticipating their child walking across that stage. As a legislator, a former classroom teacher and the mom of a high school student, though, I must admit I worry. Are we doing enough to make sure all our students have the opportunities they deserve? That is why I’m running to be your next State Superintendent of Schools.

 We’ve essentially abandoned our schools in the last eight years under the current state leadership. Now more than ever, we need effective and competent leadership to regain the ground that has been lost. We can do better, we must do better.

 Montana deserves an Office of Public Instruction that is responsive – to the needs of the legislature and the profession, yes, but most of all to Montana’s children. No matter what, you can count on me to put students at the center of each decision we make; to answer your calls and to make calls myself to get you the answers you need; and to work productively with local school boards, state boards, and higher education to restore the system of quality public education our constitution promises.