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I am writing to endorse Betsy Sues for a seat on the Sudbury Public Schools Committee.
Without question the Sudbury Public Schools Committee is in need of new faces, new ideas, and a respectful attitude towards Sudbury parents and children. The Committee’s handling of extended day, the food service, facilities maintenance, the contract with school nurses, budgeting, and a perceived Open Meeting Law violation are examples of a committee gone off the rails. Large blocks of Committee meeting time were wasted on chasing non-academic issues for no good reason. Parents who attended meetings in person were not treated with the dignity they deserve. The Committee’s refusal to adopt a hybrid form of meeting to allow parents to comment from home and watch the meetings live was a slap at parents, as well as one of their own committee members.
Betsy Sues may be fairly new to town, but her commitment to excellence in academics, is not. Betsy knows that for each child there is no substitute for a solid academic foundation, especially in the K-8 years. A solid elementary education, once achieved, cannot be diminished. It forms the foundation for all subsequent learning. And each child gets only one opportunity to get that foundation, which begins at home and is carried on at school.
Betsy is a CPA. She works as a Director of Policy and Procedure Governance at an Accounting and Consulting Firm. Her work involves aligning polices and procedures with goals – in other words, theory meets reality. And as a CPA, finances will be transparent. No more ‘where did the money come from, and where did the money go’.
I am confident that Betsy Sues has the temperament, character, and high standards that we expect of all committee members, but especially SPS Committee members because they set a direct example for the students. Her professional work experience dovetails beautifully with the work of the School Committee, to the benefit of the students.
We have a chance to steer the School Committee away from the rough seas it has sailed into. We have a chance to re-align its priorities.
Please join me on March 31 in voting for Betsy Sues for the two-year seat on the School Committee. Our children and our schools deserve it.
Len Simon