Safe Schools Where Every Kansas Kid Can Learn

All students are entitled to an education that ensures they are literate, well-rounded, able to express themselves and maintain respect for themselves, each other and their educators. In this kind of safe environment, students thrive, teachers excel, and communities grow. With local control of our schools, a strong voice in Topeka, and the funding mandated by the State, this winning learning environment can be provided to every one of our students!

Well-funded Public Schools 

Of course, we must have fiscal responsibility, but well-funded. Efficient schools benefit everyone. Low salaries make it difficult to recruit and retain quality teachers. Those that stay often have to teach subjects in which they're not certified. Rural schools often don't have funding for specialist staff, especially when the State isn't meeting the mandated funding requirements. A lack of funding negatively impacts learning, causes building degradation, and decreases student safety.

Long Term Community Impact of Schools

When our schools fail, our kids leave for greener pastures. They raise their children somewhere else. Eventually houses in the community sit abandoned as we stop attracting new businesses and families. Enrollment  and funding drops further. We lose another teacher and eventually a school. We must break this cycle by getting legislators to fund  public education.  I will be the bridge. I have already had these conversations, and they agree! We must fund education!