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Advocacy achievements & Platform issues

Advocacy achievements

- Initiated a feasibility study of alternatives to bring 5th grade back to Clifford Marshall & Lincoln Hancock, so all 5th graders across the city can learn in an elementary school setting

- Worked to develop the first step of an advanced curriculum program at the early elementary level

- Called for a detailed report of the security cameras & systems in our schools to identify necessary repairs, upgrades, & additional locations (in stairwells, etc.)

- Worked with Mayor Koch on a much needed increase to the number of computers in our schools

- Updated homework expectations & requirements as a member of the QPS Homework Policy Committee

- Analyzed every angle of each step of returning students and teachers safely back to school on the QPS COVID Re-Entry Task Force

- Worked to bring the Community Preservation Act (CPA) to Quincy, which has funded many projects across the city, including outdoor classrooms & school playground upgrades

- Advocated for updated & expanded health education curriculum for high school students

- Member of the state's Gifted & Talented Advisory Council to DESE, working to increase awareness of and funding for above-the-curve learners in Quincy and across the state

- Led the effort to STOP the proposal to move 4th graders to the new Southwest Middle School

platform issues

- Improving communication and transparency

- Striving for equity across the school system

- Celebrating the diversity of our QPS community

- Investing in repairs & upgrades to older school buildings

- Streamlining the pathway to receiving special education services

- Providing challenging opportunities for advanced students in early elementary grades

- Ensuring tax dollars are spent on items for the schools that are most needed

- Returning 5th graders to Clifford Marshall & Lincoln Hancock, so that all elementary schools across the city can be a K-5 configuration

articles

Articles about being appointed to fill SC vacancy:

-  Perdios Appointed To Open School Committee Seat - The Quincy Sun 

-  Courtney Perdios appointed to Quincy School Committee (patriotledger.com) 


Articles from opposition to the proposal to put 4th graders into the new Sterling Middle School:

- https://www.patriotledger.com/photogallery/WL/20140530/PHOTOGALLERY/530009995/PH/1

- https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140530/NEWS/140539796

- https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140930/News/140939904

- https://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20140801/News/140809746

- https://www.change.org/p/quincy-mayor-tom-koch-retract-the-proposal-to-move-4th-graders-to-middle-school-and-work-to-bring-the-5th-graders-back-to-lincoln-hancock-and-marshall-elementary

- https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20141113/News/141118335


Article on Citywide PTO's Safety in Schools Forum:

- https://www.wickedlocal.com/news/20180403/pto-to-host-qampa-on-quincy-schools-safety


Articles/video on Citywide PTO's 2017 School Committee debate:

- https://www.patriotledger.com/news/20171017/candidates-for-quincy-school-board-voice-their-views-at-pto-forum

- https://quincy.wickedlocal.com/news/20170928/pto-plans-school-committee-candidate-forum

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaWxbSUIhO8

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