Advocacy achievements & Platform issues

- 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

- 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