At the board candidates' forum last month, there was repeated talk by board candidates about getting 'back to basics'. Emily Andrade replied to the newbies the simple fact that we've never left the basics. Read the California State Content Standards and you can get bored to death with the basics. It is teachers that are using tools, old and new, to inspire in our kids their natural love of learning, despite the basics. Having just gone through a four year rout in Del Mar from some board members whose platform was 'accountability' and 'back to basics' I would hate to see the same thing happen in Encinitas. I started this blog because I was not happy with the administration of EUSD a few years ago. A lot has changed in that time and I am very confident with the direction Dr. Baird and the board are working toward. I even appreciate Mo Muir as the dissenting voice slowing things down enough to allow a second glance. If you care. And even if you don't. I'm endorsing the following:
Marla Strich, incumbent
Emily Andrade, retired principal, EUSD
Gregg Sonken, retired principal, EUSD
Yes on Proposition P
Of course, if you vote for Meg Whitman for governor, your vote for EUSD board won't matter because there won't be any money for schools, anyway. See you next Tuesday.
