05/08/2020
Vote KIMBERLY SHULER
For School Board
My name is KIMBERLY SHULER and I want your vote for GB Board of Education.
15 years ago my husband and I built our home on Pillar Point. We picked this specific location because of the lake and because it was in the General Brown School District. General Brown had a reputation of being one of the best school districts in the North Country.
I have 3 children. Nicholas -GB Class of 2019, Chloe – a Junior & Gabriella- a 7th grader at GB. They all are active in different extra curricular activities. Soccer, Football Cheer, Volleyball, Basketball, Lacrosse, Student Officer, Whiz Quiz, Piano, Gymnastics, Odyssey of the Mind, PTO, Dexter Food Pantry, to name a few. I have always encouraged my children to be part of their community, to volunteer, stay active and be well rounded students. But 1st and foremost, Academics are most important in our home.
I want General Brown to move forward and be even better than it is today. Like everything, there is always room for improvement. While GB has a great selection of extra curricular activities, academics IS the foundation. The students of General Brown are our future. We need to give everyone of them the opportunity to become successful adults. For those students going into the work force, they need
solid life skill classes to be successful. For those who are college bound, they need to be academically competitive when applying to colleges.
I want to offer solutions. I want General Brown to improve what we have. We need to offer more Life skill classes like Accounting. Teach our students how to balance a checkbook, save money, buy a house. We need to offer more upper level Science electives. To give our students even more options, we could
alternate the teaching curriculum from year to year. By using the same teachers, this could be accomplished without spending more money. Along with JCC, we could partner with Syracuse University to provide more college courses.
General Brown has some of the best teachers. They deserve the opportunity for professional development and to be able to make decisions in their classroom based on the best interest of their students. Teachers need continued support so that they can prepare ALL General Brown Students for a successful future. By improving teacher culture, we will be able to attract and hire hard to fill vacancies like Special Education teachers.
New York State School Aid is predicted to be reduced due to the Covid-19 public health crisis. Our school district will be left with a huge deficit. My goal is to be fiscally responsible (as a tax payer myself). I will
push for quality education for the students but at the same time, try to protect the taxpayers.
Until this year, I actively volunteered with the Dexter Elementary PTO. I was the PTO treasurer for 3 years. Now I would like to focus my attentions on the General Brown Board of Education. I feel all children deserve a quality education. They should all feel a certain connection to General Brown.
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME ON JUNE 9th. The vote will be taking place by absentee ballot.
Thank you for your time and consideration .
KIMBERLY SHULER
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