10/18/2025
As a former student and a parent with children enrolled in the Omak School District, I bring much-needed perspective to the Omak School board.
The outdoor student area at the Omak Middle School needs serious attention. The transition from East Omak Elementary to Omak Middle School is tough. Transitioning from East, where there are acres of grass and great playground equipment to one which resembles a prison yard is hard to adjust to. It is bleak with sparse grass, asphalt, cement risers, a few basketball hoops and no trees, plants or shade for the picnic tables. As a school board member, I would work to improve this area. It would make a significant difference in students’ days—at an important time in their lives.
Our current CTE program needs improvement instead of road blocks. I recently had a conversation with an Omak graduate and is currently studying Welding Technology in Walla Walla. I asked her if she felt she wished she "would've had more experience with the actual welding portion" of her welding classes in Omak. She said "In some areas yes, our welding program at the high school, at least in my experience, was absolutely horrible and almost made me not pursue welding. But the program I am in now teaches everything from the ground up..." While our own students have a mediocre program at best, students at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia have job offers from companies upon graduation with no need for college.
Next, we should have parental representation on our school board. Currently, we have no school board members with children enrolled in the Omak School District. At a recent special meeting on a highly controversial issue, I was the only parent in the room with students enrolled in the school district. Parents bring real life experience to critically important discussions that impact students as much as staff, if not more.
And for those wondering, I'm a hard no on biological boys in girls sports and intimate spaces.
