House: Michelle Ugenti
Phone: (480) 213-0046
Email: mugenti@hotmail.com
Website: http://michelleugenti.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Campaign-for-Michelle-Ugenti/110923558921553
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We are blessed to live in a community that values its schools, and we need to be sure that, while we deal with our current financial crisis, we safeguard our schools and ensure that precious funds make their way to the teachers and classrooms, not constantly growing administrative bureaucracies.
I support eliminating legislative mandates that decrease school districts flexibility to respond to its particular needs. Such as reallocating money from bloated administrative budgets to the classroom.
I support school choice, which is crucial to a competitive educational environment. School choice also empowers parents so they can make the best decisions based on their children’s needs.
I support school vouchers and private school tax credits, so long as they save the state money.
This past year lawmakers have made great progress in the area of education. They were successful in passing the following pieces of legislation:
1) SB 1286 - A letter grade of A, B, C, D, or F will now be issues to schools.
2) SB 2298 - Experts in specific fields like math can now teach in schools without having a teaching certificate from a college of education.
3) CB 2732 - Eliminates social promotion for third graders who have yet to learn the basics of reading.
I believe that the new laws mentioned above highlight that progress can be made without raising taxes. These are just a few of the steps made by our legislature that will increase accountability and transparency on behalf of our schools as well as send a message to parents and taxpayers that Arizona can improve and is dedicated to providing the best education possible for its students.
Finally, while it's not what you might automatically think about, we need to ensure a strong education system from kindergarten through our vocational and college systems. Employers are going to to want to know that they are moving into a state with a strong and educated workforce, so the quality of our educational system will play a part in their decision-making precess as well.
Please visit my website to learn more about me and my position on other issues. http://www.michelleugenti.com/
Pro-Education huh? She does not realize that Administrative budgets and classroom dollars both come from the M&O part of the budget. Just the usual, accuse all administrative budgets as being bloated without any realization that part of the "bloat" comes from things like transportation costs and the lunch staff.
ReplyDeleteVouchers are great if you don't support public education and want to redirect money away from it. If you do support public education, I suggest there are probably more knowledgeable and better candidates out there.
Obviously this previous poster works for one of the "bloated" administrations. We're seriously going to blame buses and the lunch lady for our budget issues?! That's pathetic! If this logic is at all indicative of this persons ability to do his/her job, i can think of a good place to start those budget cuts!!
ReplyDeleteDon't work in education. Don't even live in your state although I am very familiar with it. Live in a part of the country that still values public education. Hope your happy destroying the public education system. I believe it will come back to haunt Arizona.
ReplyDeleteHere's to hoping that if you continue to massacre public education that you can no longer attract businesses to the state and that your property value tanks. As ye reap, so ye shall sow.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2010/08/17/20100817scottsdale-class-sizes-parents-upset.html
ReplyDeleteAn article from the Scottsdale Republic that may be of interest to people reading this topic.