I'm so grateful Randy has stepped up to run for council. We desperately need someone that has engineering and construction experience to guide us through the next 4 years which will consist of schools closures and millions of dollars of deffered maintenance in our existing schools. Someone that is a natural problem solver and can ask the right questions of construction teams to prevent us from spending unnecessasry extra money is critical!
Thanks for running for school board. Can you please share your background and experience with sustainable construction practices and how sustainability will factor into your work if elected?
Thank you- we need a board with a variety of areas of expertise. The district owns so many faciliites and having some one on the board who has the ability to weigh in on the building as well as those in education background, and. others.
This is definitely unique experience relative to the other candidates. What kind of time/effort would you be willing to commit to bring your experience to the table in an effective way? Would you visit school sites with contractors and challenge anything they said that you disagreed with? Since you wouldn't actually be making the budget or making payments, how often would you demand financial records, etc. from contractors? Do you have any personal familiarity with Cordogan Clark or any of the other contractors D65 has done/may do business with?
Randy, thanks for your post. I’ve been asking this of each of the candidates, One of the key jobs of the board is to hire a superintendent. After decades of conducting open searches where finalists were announced to the public and the district held open meetings with finalists, the current board conducted searches entirely in the dark, without public input.
Would you vote to continue this practice? Or go back to a public-facing superintendent search for the next vacancy?
Three part question here: Do you support a full and complete & independent financial “forensic” audit of D65, going back to when the last referendum was passed—in order to get a handle on what has happened in D65 financially? And then, importantly share the findings with the community via open house two way Q&A forums? If you support, can we get your commitment to call for this at the first BOE meeting you attend as a new BOE member?
How comfortable are you with the rhetoric in the online parent community? It’s been concerning to see the level of bullying and attacks that play out.
For instance one of your prospective board colleagues Maria was skewered online by the sheer fact their spouse is a homeland security employee. We don’t know the spouses actual position or views, but immediately Maria was deemed to be a terrible person and crucified in a parent group. Ironically this rhetoric is led by a District employees spouse.
How can we stop the extreme outbursts and attacks, and find ways to be respectful and have constructive dialogue and ask questions not just rushed judgements and outlandish attacks.
How comfortable are you with this rhetoric and how do you assure voters that you will not support this tyrannical behavior?
Thanks, Randy, for your interest in serving on the school board -no doubt a very public, demanding and complex job. All Evanstonians should be thankful that so many citizens are willing to take on this position.
I'm so grateful Randy has stepped up to run for council. We desperately need someone that has engineering and construction experience to guide us through the next 4 years which will consist of schools closures and millions of dollars of deffered maintenance in our existing schools. Someone that is a natural problem solver and can ask the right questions of construction teams to prevent us from spending unnecessasry extra money is critical!
Thanks for running for school board. Can you please share your background and experience with sustainable construction practices and how sustainability will factor into your work if elected?
Thank you- we need a board with a variety of areas of expertise. The district owns so many faciliites and having some one on the board who has the ability to weigh in on the building as well as those in education background, and. others.
This is definitely unique experience relative to the other candidates. What kind of time/effort would you be willing to commit to bring your experience to the table in an effective way? Would you visit school sites with contractors and challenge anything they said that you disagreed with? Since you wouldn't actually be making the budget or making payments, how often would you demand financial records, etc. from contractors? Do you have any personal familiarity with Cordogan Clark or any of the other contractors D65 has done/may do business with?
Randy, thanks for your post. I’ve been asking this of each of the candidates, One of the key jobs of the board is to hire a superintendent. After decades of conducting open searches where finalists were announced to the public and the district held open meetings with finalists, the current board conducted searches entirely in the dark, without public input.
Would you vote to continue this practice? Or go back to a public-facing superintendent search for the next vacancy?
Three part question here: Do you support a full and complete & independent financial “forensic” audit of D65, going back to when the last referendum was passed—in order to get a handle on what has happened in D65 financially? And then, importantly share the findings with the community via open house two way Q&A forums? If you support, can we get your commitment to call for this at the first BOE meeting you attend as a new BOE member?
How comfortable are you with the rhetoric in the online parent community? It’s been concerning to see the level of bullying and attacks that play out.
For instance one of your prospective board colleagues Maria was skewered online by the sheer fact their spouse is a homeland security employee. We don’t know the spouses actual position or views, but immediately Maria was deemed to be a terrible person and crucified in a parent group. Ironically this rhetoric is led by a District employees spouse.
How can we stop the extreme outbursts and attacks, and find ways to be respectful and have constructive dialogue and ask questions not just rushed judgements and outlandish attacks.
How comfortable are you with this rhetoric and how do you assure voters that you will not support this tyrannical behavior?
Thanks, Randy, for your interest in serving on the school board -no doubt a very public, demanding and complex job. All Evanstonians should be thankful that so many citizens are willing to take on this position.
A question I have for you:
What is the purpose of a school?