We can expect more from our students both academically and behaviorally if we increase the difficulty level of the curriculum, ... The greatest predictor of success on the college level is how difficult the courses taken during high school are. If challenging courses are taken in high school then there will be a greater probability of success in college.

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That's why I'm running. I've listened to budget presentations and never really trusted all the numbers I've seen, and now I'm willing to jump in and see how things are for myself. I'm willing to make the necessary hard choices because living with huge increases year on year in the school budget is not sustainable.

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It's the tallest house in the neighborhood, because it's up on stilts, you know, pilings, and most of these houses are not. They're on slabs, and consequently those people really got hurt.

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I think that we already have a really good system in town, but I have a vision that it could be even better. My vision is that academic excellence is the area that we should pursue more, coupled with fiscal discipline.

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