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Top Priorities

Our 4J schools and school board have lost their way. I’m an Oregon public school kid, a parent of five public school children, a foster parent, and the husband of a public school teacher. I’m running for school board because I’m fed up with the divisive politics replacing real educational success.

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Cultivate Academic Excellence

There is nothing excellent or equitable about 45% math and 55% reading at grade level or an 82% graduation rate (PublicSchoolReview.com, 2023). Not good enough for our kids.

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The Ins and Outs of School Boards

Oregon's Education System Needs a New Breath

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Require Curriculum Accountability

Teach the Basics. Classrooms are not the place for political activists to force divisive ideological and extreme sexual viewpoints on our kids.

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Restore Learning Environment

Work to support administrators to guarantee classrooms are not dominated by chronic disruption so teachers can teach and learners can excel.

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What I Want for Our Schools

SB 819 isn't the Right Approach to Oregon's Education Process

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Safeguard Classrooms

Return School Resource Officers. The safety, security, and well-being of our students and teachers have been sacrificed. Bring back the blue in our high schools.

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Bring Back Police in Our School Before It's Too Late

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Rebuild Board Credibility

End the dysfunction and disregard for parents on display at Board Meetings. It’s time for responsive, accountable leadership that listens to parents and delivers results.

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Demanding an End to Dysfunction in the District