My Platform

 Marysville’s taxpayers—and our school district—are losing millions of dollars each year because of development deals that benefit the city while stripping money from our schools. The City’s use of TIFs (Tax Increment Financing) has been allowed to continue unchecked, with zero real pushback from previous school board members.

That stops with me.

I will stand up to city leaders, not lay down. I will demand that the school district has a seat at the table for all future development discussions. If development is happening, we deserve our share of the revenue. Schools can’t be an afterthought—we must protect our budget from political games.

I want to be clear: I don’t believe there’s been outright mismanagement of school funds. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room to do better. We need to audit every area of spending and ask the tough questions:

• Can we combine or share resources more effectively?
   
• Can we negotiate better rates or contracts?
   
• Are there inefficiencies we’ve overlooked?
   

Let’s thoroughly examine the budget—Dig deep, Optimize spending, Guard against waste, and Elevate value. I’ll approach the school budget like a business, because every tax dollar deserves to be spent wisely.

Again and again, I’ve heard the same thing from teachers:

“We’re spending too much time dealing with disruptive students, and nothing changes.”
 

That’s unacceptable.

Teachers are in classrooms to teach. Students are there to learn. Anything that disrupts that balance needs to be addressed—with real consequences and real accountability.

We need a chain of support:

• Admin must back the teachers.
   
• The board must back the admin.
   
• And parents must back the school.
   

We can’t keep placing disruptive students back in the classroom without change. It’s time to raise standards, restore order, and put learning first.