Table 3 Summary-2016 BOE Candidate Forum
Christina Delmont-Small
Too many students are in GT and they need to be put in a class that best benefits them
BOE should have a better relationship with the county and developer
Chinese holidays should be implemented
Vicky Cutroneo
Don’t force kids in GT if they aren’t ready
Tell the board to look at the number of honors classes
Quality over quantity
Spend budget on needs instead of wants
Gallup is useless
We need more data regarding the relationship of the student and the teacher
Look at students overall
We need to work with the teachers union
We need better teachers instead of moving bad teachers around schools
Students need to testify and get their voice heard
Talk to the local legislatures on Executive Orders that the governor orders
We need to maintain the portables in our schools
Make negative information more available (Transparency)
Look at the SAT scores in more specific details (race, culture, ethnicity)
Kristen Coombs
We shouldn’t be taking resources from kindergarten
Give the taxpayers a voice
More resources in the classroom
Decrease the class size
Later high school start time
Children need more sleep
Increase the transparency of budget
Decrease the Gallup Surveys
Less money in public relations
Bigger cafeterias if school is over populated
Distribute the population evenly among the schools
Use better websites
Fix the burden issues on Canvas (weighting grades, missing students, etc.)
Spend technology money wisely (Stay consistent with the websites)
Don’t force teachers to push kids into GT just for a “statistical advantage”
Children should take classes based on their priorities instead of being forced to take a class
Kids should go to a class that they are comfortable with
Kid’s physical health is important
Janet Siddiqui
More transparency when it comes to communication
Better communication among the school system
Reevaluate the GT program
Robert Miller
Elementary schools should revamp the GT program and look at the hierarchy of the student’s skills
Students’ skill level should be based on the class that they are in
Increase the number of honors level classes and give honors students a challenge
Better world language classes in elementary schools
Look at the possibility of elementary and middle school students riding the same bus
Better on adjusting to new websites
Be more careful about online grading
Better communications on grades
Students shouldn’t be handicapped based on the website that they are using
Mavis Ellis
Favors later start time for high schools
Working on a whole school magnet program
Transparency on Board Actions on Budget, Staffing and Programming
More parent input
Better collaboration with students, parents, community members, and educators
Less testing more teaching
Against kindergarten testing
Develop better tests that are more suitable for the students
Look at funding for our special education students
