Steve Slykhuis

Education Continue the work of the current Board in studying the impact of policies regarding option enrollment so that we are growing the school in a thoughtful manner to avoid unintended consequences in budget, classroom size and sense of community. Education We need to empower teachers so they can do the most important job - teach our kids. We need teachers who encourage our students to think independently, and then be able to articulate and defend their positions with logic and not emotion so they are ready for the world and life beyond their school experience. Education It's our duty to be responsible stewards of our allocated tax dollars with the goal of providing the very best education for our students. We need to pay our teachers competitively so that we keep outstanding teachers while also recruiting new top notch educators.