Student Success for All

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Every student deserves quality education tailored to their needs and their challenges. Every student has the potential to succeed in life, and we must draw that out. We must modernize our teaching methods, tailoring it to their unique perspective. Educational technology can enhance the experiences of students. By teaching critical thinking, grounding our curriculum in engagement, experiential learning, and encouraging kids to think in new and exciting ways that work for them, we can unleash their potential. Helping them learn about important topics rarely covered like interacting with the law, discovering new exciting professions and new ways of looking at topics such as math, reading, and science will help them find out how best they can learn and succeed!

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 Economic Opportunity

 

Youth are struggling to succeed in the job market, and college shouldn’t be a requirement to succeed. I’ve fought for providing youth access to job opportunities through the trades, community organizations, and local businesses. I’ll build on that record by working with BOLI and the legislature to expand our Career and Technical Education Programs. Let's connect all our youth to local unions, businesses, community orgs and more. I’ll help ensure no matter where our youth decide to go, they will have family wage jobs and the connections to thrive in life no matter what path they take in life.

 

Intergovernmental Collaboration

 

School Districts are dependent on other levels of government to succeed in implementing their needs and succeeding in their goals. I have experience and relationships with multiple layers of government to partner with them to succeed, as shown by my supporters and experience on the Portland Children's Levy and other endeavors. Let's partner with PPS on shared issues. Together, we can collaborate as a team to help our youth succeed.

 

Safer Schools

 

Students are struggling, and equitable safety remains important.

 

Investing in mental and emotional healthcare, especially community- and social-based systems, can reduce any risk of someone in a poor mental-emotional state from harming their peers.

Working with youth to allow them to lead on any future school safety plans is important since they are crucial stakeholders in this discussion. We can make our schools safer in a  just manner for all involved.

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Fully Fund our Schools!

 

Our schools are staring down a funding crisis. With the possible freezing and reductions of federal funds we must ensure all hands are on deck to ensure we fully fund the Quality Education Model, collaborate with our partners to ensure fair distribution of resources to students who need it the most, and work with the state legislature to ensure our students have all the tools they need to succeed.

 

After-School Programs & Listening to Student Voices

 

We need more modern after-school programs. I will search for funding grants or community volunteers that want to help lead things like rap clubs, STEM groups, working with the Portland Urban Debate League and more contemporary ideas that can attract students to pick up a new hobby or learn something new. We can expand the type of people after school programs serve and ensure that every single youth has a community and pursuit they can love, thrive and experience success.

Let’s also involve students more in all of these discussions. We can hold periodic after-school assemblies for high school youth and listen to their specific needs without making them come to school board meetings.