I’ve spent over nine years as an active volunteer in the Wissahickon School District, beginning when my children attended Shady Grove Elementary and continuing through Wissahickon Middle School. I’ve held various offices on those schools’ parent-teacher boards and invested many hours in an effort to make a positive impact in support of our schools.

I’ve always believed that schools perform best when parents are involved. Our district has much to celebrate, and I want to do what I can to insure that we have the resources going forward to provide faculty and staff with the support they need to achieve sustained excellence, as recently espoused by Superintendent Dr. James Crisfield.

I think the ‘achievement gap’ is an issue that hasn’t gone away since I first heard the term several years ago. We need to do the best we can for every student; I would look for ways to guarantee that all students have the chance to be high achievers.