MY BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE 

I have the experience to be your next school board member and to thoughtfully lead our schools during these difficult times.

For the past 24 years, I lived in El Dorado County where my 5 children attended local schools.  I experienced our local schools as a parent of both a special needs student and an advanced placement college bound student.

I learned from my kids that there are many paths to a good place in life.  My youngest child graduated from high school in 2018 and is a Junior at U.C.L.A.  Two of my other children are college graduates; one is a paramedic and the other works for the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Another child works designing doors and is starting a custom furniture business.  My oldest child is a graphic artist.

Through my professional experience as an attorney over the past 30 years, I worked with children experiencing abuse, neglect, truancy and delinquency in juvenile court. I am currently a Senior Deputy County Counsel and have been a certified specialist in Juvenile Law since 2006.

I would like to address the current needs of children in the district and the supports available to them. I have ideas to help families during the coronavirus pandemic with mentoring and tutoring by older students through video conferencing. 

I see areas to improve our schools. I will make our schools more responsive to meeting all students’ needs across the learning spectrum. I will implement better screening programs to identify and support at risk pre-teens early so that they can experience more positive outcomes in high school.  I will enhance interfacing between elementary schools and services to support students experiencing abuse and neglect and those living in foster care.

I want to understand your concerns and work collaboratively to achieve even greater excellence throughout Buckeye Union School District. With your support on November 3, we can navigate our schools through these challenging times together.

I want to understand your concerns and work collaboratively to achieve even greater excellence throughout Buckeye Union School District. With your support on November 3, we can navigate our schools through these challenging times together.


CHANGE IS NEEDED

I attended the August 19 Buckeye Union School District board meeting via Zoom.  I was extremely concerned to witness a unanimous Board approve both pay raises and contract extensions for the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, while simultaneously reporting a 2 million dollar shortfall in this year’s District budget.  Not a single question was asked by any current board member about the fiscal responsibility of doing this nor the impact this might have on the teachers, staff and families in the District who may experience layoffs or other budget cuts to make up for this shortfall.  

As an attorney who has spent 22 of my 30 year career working for governmental entities, I have experienced first hand that administration takes pay cuts to retain staff and does not receive pay raises during economic crises.  We need a change on the Buckeye Union School Board and board members willing to ask tough questions and provide needed oversight.  If elected I will be that board member.