Qualifications
I was asked what I feel my qualifications are for The Board of Education. Perfectly good question and here's my answer.
I want to say that I intentionally do not have a "plan" to fix SFUSD. There are seven people on The Board and they all have their ideas and experience and maybe some even have plans. I want to sit down with that body after being sworn in ready to participate in crafting a plan along with six other commissioners, two student representatives, parents, teachers and the rest of the community. Coming to the table with a plan in my pocket reeks of hubris and that is not the kind of commissioner I want to be.
Only candidates running for executive offices, mayor, governor etc., need to have plans and even they have to deal with their legislative body. Board of Education Trustee is not a executive office.
I served on the Miraloma site council when my child was there, I am currently serving on the Parent Advisory Council. My political background includes holding the office of PAC Chair for The San Francisco Young Democrats. I worked on various campaigns including Prop 5 (Indian Gaming) and Gray Davis for Governor. Professionally I am a software engineer and program manager. Currently, I am a founder of Aramova, Inc. a small software company in San Francisco. Previously I was the Director of Core Engineering at Computer Curriculum Corporation and I've worked at Apple Computer where I developed the first software package for MacOS users to connect to the Internet beyond just command-line shell access.
I've spent the past 18 months learning the ins and outs of The Board of Education and SFUSD and have met personally with many commissioners learning a great deal from them. I was the original author of the resolution currently moving through The Board to create a Community Advisory Committee for School Facilities and Program placement meant to initially focus on school closures and over enrollment. I worked last year to get parent involvement mandated in the first resolution for school closures. I have good relationships with Board members, SFUSD staff and teachers as well as CBOs focusing on Public Schools.
Most of all I am passionate about what I do for The Schools. I do what I do because I have a child going though the schools nd hope to have a few more and I am one of those crazy people who are compelled to help people and serve.
I want to say that I intentionally do not have a "plan" to fix SFUSD. There are seven people on The Board and they all have their ideas and experience and maybe some even have plans. I want to sit down with that body after being sworn in ready to participate in crafting a plan along with six other commissioners, two student representatives, parents, teachers and the rest of the community. Coming to the table with a plan in my pocket reeks of hubris and that is not the kind of commissioner I want to be.
Only candidates running for executive offices, mayor, governor etc., need to have plans and even they have to deal with their legislative body. Board of Education Trustee is not a executive office.
I served on the Miraloma site council when my child was there, I am currently serving on the Parent Advisory Council. My political background includes holding the office of PAC Chair for The San Francisco Young Democrats. I worked on various campaigns including Prop 5 (Indian Gaming) and Gray Davis for Governor. Professionally I am a software engineer and program manager. Currently, I am a founder of Aramova, Inc. a small software company in San Francisco. Previously I was the Director of Core Engineering at Computer Curriculum Corporation and I've worked at Apple Computer where I developed the first software package for MacOS users to connect to the Internet beyond just command-line shell access.
I've spent the past 18 months learning the ins and outs of The Board of Education and SFUSD and have met personally with many commissioners learning a great deal from them. I was the original author of the resolution currently moving through The Board to create a Community Advisory Committee for School Facilities and Program placement meant to initially focus on school closures and over enrollment. I worked last year to get parent involvement mandated in the first resolution for school closures. I have good relationships with Board members, SFUSD staff and teachers as well as CBOs focusing on Public Schools.
Most of all I am passionate about what I do for The Schools. I do what I do because I have a child going though the schools nd hope to have a few more and I am one of those crazy people who are compelled to help people and serve.
posted by Rick Reynolds at 10:39 PM
1 Comments:
good luck rick!
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