- Occupation: Parent/Businessman
- Independent small business owner
- Author, children's short stories
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Bring the Board's focus away from politics back to education
- Raise student test scores especially in lower-performing schools
- Insist on strict fiscal responsibility and accountability
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- San Francisco Republican Party
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- DECLINING ENROLLMENT
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Our public schools are slowly bleeding to death due to family flight. We need to stop the bleeding.
- STUDENT ASSIGNMENT
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How students are assigned to our public schools can determine whether families with children will want to live in our beautiful city or take their children somewhere else.
- ACHIEVEMENT GAP
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The achievement gap seems to be widening. Something should be done to help alleviate this, but not in a way that penalizes high-achievers.
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