About me

Since day one, my campaign has been about improving academic achievement at Gwinnett County Public Schools. I often cite the recent U.S. News and World Report that shows that only about 44% of GPCS High School students are proficient in math while 60% are proficient in reading.   College readiness for the district is at 33%.  All of these numbers are unacceptable.  My #1 priority is to improve all those scores.   Until we get the basics right, I don’t think we should be focusing on much else. 

GCPS teachers are the best.  They have performed magnificently during the challenging last two years.  If I am elected, I will prioritize efforts to strengthen and expand the teacher pipeline and promote efforts to recruit and retain the best teachers possible...and pay them what they deserve. 

There are massive gaps  in how well different GCPS schools are preparing our children.  For example, in one Gwinnett high school the mathematics proficiency is 74% and Reading proficiency is 86% but in another GCPS high school those numbers fall to 26% and 38% respectively.  As a school board member, I would focus on reducing these performance gaps so that ALL Gwinnett students have a chance to succeed academically at the highest level.