Albany County School District #1 Area A Two Year
Albany County School District #1 TrusteeArea A – Unexpired Term 2-years: Voters may select 1 candidate for the one expiring position. This term will revert to the original 4-year term beginning 2028.ACSD#1 Board of Trustees includes nine elected officials, serving 4-year terms in the following areas. Area A refers to the city limits, excluding Cottonwood Estates and Roach Addition; Area B refers to county limits, including Cottonwood Estates and Roach Addition; At-Large includes Areas A and B. The city verses county lines impact which area a candidate can run in. Those that live in the city limits must run in area A or At-Large and those living in the county must run in Area B or At-Large. This ensures a representative from both rural and city areas is elected to represent the interest of the voters. Winners in the General Election will join current Trustees whose terms expire in 2028: Cecilia Aragon (Area A), Emily Siegel-Stanton (Area A), and Kim Sorenson (At-Large).
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J. JAMES LEARNED
(NON)
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Britten Young
(NON)
Why are you running for this office, and what training, experience, and skills would you bring to this office?
What challenges has the recent recalibration caused to the budget of ACSD#1 and how will you resolve them?
How would you better prepare graduates for technical, trade, and college career paths?
The Wyoming legislature has mandated how local school districts treat LGBTQ+ students, as well as teaching requirements for history and social science. How should the school board respond?
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Laramie is our home. We chose to be here; we fought to come back. I have had the good fortune to be a secondary English teacher and an attorney. Both professions are service related, but the time teaching made me realize my purpose. I’m here to fight for our people pushed out to the margins, and that includes teachers and students now more than ever. Working in both the public and private sectors allows me a view of policy and procedure not always available to others. It has helped me learn the distinction between choosing policy based on emotion and policy rooted in logic.
Recalibration attempted to solve a problem by allocating money with specific earmarks but in doing so, they created another problem. Because of those earmarks, often called “silos,” local control has been removed. There is no ability for local districts to pass money between silos based upon need. But, do not let this issue distract from the bigger picture. Education is still underfunded. That’s why there is a lawsuit still pending. As a board member, the biggest impact we can have is by communicating with our legislators, whether that is contacting them directly or by testifying before committees. We don’t need to be the loudest voices, just the clearest.
Trust teachers. There is a narrative that teachers aren’t preparing students for good jobs. Some of the frustrations borne out by stakeholders come down to schools and educators scrambling to satisfy requirements imposed by lawmakers who are not trained or educated in the profession of teaching. Teachers want student success without putting it into some box. Schools across the country are implementing coursework that aids in student discovery where they can explore potential career paths and even get hands-on experience in the field. I was fortunate to be part of such a project here in this district and that collaborated with rural schools in Vermont to showcase student work in this regard and help others get started. Trust teachers.
Our first job will always be to put the children first. They must be treated as humans first, regardless of their identification, orientation, gender, etc, regardless of whether or not we agree with it. As it relates to history and social science, we must monitor those requirements against academic scholarship to ensure that what we include is factual. The board must have discussions, likely difficult discussions, about what to do regarding curriculum inclusion and student inclusion. Students should feel safe and welcome, and curriculum must include historical fact must be preferred even if those truths would otherwise feel unwelcome.
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