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 Dear Friend of the Palo Alto Schools,
As you may have heard, I have decided to run for Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) school board. With a new superintendent and three open board seats, we have an opportunity to move forward with a new leadership team. There are six candidates, including one incumbent, running for three board seats. I ask for your support and your vote in the upcoming general election. If elected, I will be the only school board member that is an educator. After a career as a lawyer and a period at home raising three PAUSD-educated children, I have spent a decade working in PAUSD—teaching students in the classroom, developing new educational programs for the district, and providing professional development for teachers. I have worked with principals, teachers, and hundreds of students in every one of our 12 elementary schools. I bring expertise and experience that will help the board navigate the vital issues it will face over the next four years—developing a strategic plan and addressing enrollment growth, to name just two. In all of my professional work for PAUSD, I have collaborated with parents, teachers and administrators. I have stood in the middle among differing perspectives, listened to discover the shared values, and in response created new programs and supported existing ones. As a school board member, I will bring that same sense of balance to the work of the board. In short, I will be guided by the following principles: Targeted efforts—focus
our resources to support best practices Despite being new to local politics, my candidacy has attracted the support of many of our community leaders. I was the first candidate that our State Senator, Joe Simitian, endorsed. I have also been endorsed by school board member Gail Price and Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto, among others. By working together, we can continue PAUSD’s educational excellence. I would appreciate your vote during the November 6 general election. With many thanks,
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