With 15 years’ experience serving on New Canaan’s Board of Education, I have learned that achieving sustained excellence and innovation in our schools requires a BOE dedicated to serving the best interests of the students. Since education is a people business, the BOE must hire top educators and then support them. The BOE needs to set high academic standards and then require accountability, cost management and continuous improvement. The BOE should not substitute its lay opinions on curriculum and education for those of the talented administrators and teachers they have hired. A BOE should not put politics above the best interests of the children. A partisan BOE cannot retain the talent or support the continuous development, energy and commitment needed to deliver a world class education for all our students.
Please take some time and read the candidates’ positions and listen to their podcasts. There are very real differences between the candidates this year and their goals for our schools.
Choose continued excellence. Vote for Brendan Hayes, Lauren Nussbaum and Josh Kaye. They are each highly qualified, open-minded and forward-looking. They will partner with our talented teachers and administration with the singular goal of serving the best interests of the students.
