Education is of the utmost importance to me. As an educator, I know the challenges teachers face in the classroom. I have faced those same challenges in all of the schools in which I taught. I know the struggles as a single parent of children in schools. I want teachers and parents to know I see you and I want to ensure student success. They ARE our future.
I know teachers need more financial and administrative support.
I know not everyone has the best experience as a new teacher in Missouri and that needs to change so we can invite and retain the best teachers for our students.
We need to ensure all funding sources are available to our students to support their education.
We need to REMAIN DEDICATED to our Public Education system.
The promise of America begins with a promise to our children and young adults that their education will be free and as comprehensive as ours was free and comprehensive.
My promise to you is to fight for you and your children's rights to a free and comprehensive education.
Our promise to our children must be to aid them in achieving their goals and succeeding in an increasingly diverse world.
Knowing all of this, it may be considered that public education is only municipal- or district-driven. However, AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE to Congress, I will vote for legislation that reinforces that apparatus needed for good public education. I will advocate for every cent of money available to use for the success of Missouri's students.
We do not need someone representing MO-7 who pushes for education to be reserved ONLY for those who can afford a private education.
We do not need someone representing MO-7 who proposes legislation that is antithetical to the success of our children.
We need representation in MO-7 which ensures the success of ALL our students. Washington does not understand the unique needs of MO-7, but I want to advocate for MO-7, specifically. I will not compromise our children's success by chipping away at their educational opportunities for special interest groups at the federal level.