Last Candidate's Corner before the election

Next Tuesday, you will decide which School Committee candidate to vote for. Barbara Davis is the ONLY candidate with the dedication, commitment, and knowledge to continue the improvement in the Holbrook Public Schools. Davis is the only candidate who believes in public education and submitted candidate’s corners to this paper discussing the issues and facts. She is the one candidate who will form her opinions based on fact and information rather than popular misconceptions and perceptions. She strongly believes that ALL of the children of the Holbrook Public Schools are entitled to a superior educational experience.

“I think it is extremely important to see first-hand the problems and issues affecting the schools in order to make intelligent decisions on choices that will directly affect what occurs in the buildings. Have the other candidates even been in the school buildings? During my tenure, I have always made decisions based on fact and what is in the best interests of the public school students of Holbrook. In the past three years our focus has been providing students with the high quality educational experience aimed at educating the whole child.”

People have had discussions about regionalization. I attended all the meetings. Abington does not want to regionalize with Holbrook. Abington’s reasons: there would be 250 more students in the hallways and in a building that also needs to be renovated.

Tuitioning out of the High School students is also being discussed. Abdication of our rights to educate our students at the expense of taxpayers who would have a new fixed cost of paying the bill is wrong and every other district that has done so is now trying to get out of it.

I will continue to utilize my leadership skills and knowledge of the community and its schools to work collaboratively with other school officials and municipal leaders to map out a plan for success for all students. I am the one candidate who has the dedication, knowledge, and commitment to continue to ensure that the children of Holbrook have access to challenging curriculum, highly qualified teachers and opportunities to realize their maximum potential as learners in preparation for the 21 century.

“I have always been an advocate for ALL the public school students of Holbrook and firmly believe that they are entitled to a high quality education. You will not find a more hard-working, visible elected official supporting the public school students of Holbrook and their families. Ask yourselves why other candidates are running. Do they have the best interests of the public school children at heart? Have they had children in our schools? Why have they not told you in the candidate’s corner section what they will do? Are they running because of an agenda?”