JOHN LEE EVANS FOR SAN DIEGO SCHOOL BOARD 2008

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2008: Year of Change in San Diego Schools

Are you satisfied with our San Diego Schools? Or do you believe that we can do much better? In 2008 we will have a new Superintendent and the majority of the seats on the school board are up for election. Our schools affect all of us. School board races really matter.

“An excellent public education system is the lifeblood of democracy. The American dream is lost if our communities are divided by good schools and bad schools, by haves and have nots. Our community is only as strong as our weakest school.”

We need a great school in every neighborhood of San Diego.

We all have a stake in every child in San Diego getting a good education. Parents should not have to send their child great distances to find a good school. San Diego Unified is a huge district. We need to put "neighborhood" back in the neighborhood school. That means that the parents and teachers in each community should have more say about what kind of schools they have.

We need to recruit and retain the best and brightest teachers.

We need to have competitive salaries and we also need to have the right kind of working conditions and support that will encourage teachers to take on the challenges of the most difficult schools. If we don't change this, we will never close the achievement gap.

We need a school board that is accountable.

The buck stops at the school board. Are you satisfied with the results? If you are, you should re-elect the incumbents. If you believe that the board needs to have a stronger voice in setting priorities with a clear vision of education in the 21st century, then vote for change. Otherwise, we can hire the best Superintendents in the country and never achieve our goals. We are on our third Superintendent in three years. Our San Diego schools belong to all of us. We need to elect board members who will advocate for what we want.

Evans' Upcoming Events for School Board Election 2008

Please let me know how you think our schools need to be improved.

Join with me to change our San Diego schools in 2008.

Support John Lee Evans for School Board in 2008, and we will see change.