Brevard County Public Schools has a Board-Manager organization with a five member board. Each board member is elected by the voters in that district. The Chair for the board is determined by vote of all board members after the election. The Board represents concerns of citizens and parents to the school administration and it represents the needs of the school district and the students back to citizens and parents. The Board determines all policies guiding the Brevard County Public Schools including the budget, the District's goals, major projects, and such long-term considerations as School District development, capital improvement plans, capital financing, and strategic planning. The School Board has some oversight over school curriculum, although the state usually sets content standards they must follow. (The School Board members appoint a superintendent who acts as the District Manager who implements and proposes policies for all public schools.)Qualifications: Resident of district at time of assuming office, registered voterTerm: 4 yearsSalary: $50,450
Professional Experience
Over 15 years of experience in higher ed and public education
Public Service
I live a life of service and officially launched my nonprofit in 2021
Education
UCF - Bachelors
Campaign Phone
386-451-5678
Campaign Mailing Address
4743 Sisson Road, Titusville, FL 32780
I support parental choice but not handicapping public schools to fund it. Florida's vouchers now divert ~24% of state education dollars to private schools facing little accountability, no certified teachers required, no state testing, no open books, only 10 site visits/year statewide out of 3,500+ schools. Brevard loses $114.5M yearly to 12,475 voucher students, directly fueling our 2026-27 staffing cuts. Worse, 5,125 of those are disabled students losing their IDEA protections the moment they leave public school. Research from Louisiana and Indiana shows voucher students perform worse academically. & 69% of recipients were already in private school. My commitment: make Brevard schools so excellent, families choose BPS as their best option
I'll follow the data to close Brevard's achievement gap. Non-white, low-income, special needs, & homeless students consistently score far below their peers, that's unacceptable. My priorities: protect literacy coaches from the 7% staffing cuts; research proves sustained Science of Reading coaching closes gaps. Fund in-school, during-the-day tutoring districtwide, not after-school programs kids without rides can't attend. Demand subgroup transparency at every school. A B-grade school can still fail 70% of its Black students. BPS already collects this data; what's missing is the will to act on it at every board meeting. We know what works. I'll have the courage to fund it
Let's deal in facts BPS has published, not board talking points. BPS employs ~9,000 staff, only ~4,400 in teaching roles — and barely half the budget reaches instruction, a share that's shrinking. Their own Strategic Plan reports 40% annual turnover — alarming by any business standard. Retention beats replacement cost every time. My plan: a real path to $100K teacher salaries, built with our region's tech employers — if we can launch rockets daily, we can pay teachers what they're worth. Pair that with better working conditions, mentoring, and consistent discipline — good teachers notice when standards aren't applied evenly, and it drives them away. I'll talk directly with teachers and their union, who know best what keeps them here.
Research is clear: school library access & quality predict literacy, especially for the lowest-performing students. Diverse, age-appropriate books matter, as Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop wrote, books are "mirrors, windows, & sliding glass doors" that help all children see themselves & each other. Yet BPS removed trained media specialists from book decisions, replacing them with 5 politically appointed reviewers with no required education background. Parents already have the right to restrict their own child's reading, they shouldn't dictate what other families' children can access. A full-time certified librarian raises advanced reading rates 8%.
Florida's Sunshine Law requires that any discussion of board business between two or more members happen in public, with proper notice and recorded minutes; texts, emails, and hallway chats count too. Courts have applied this broadly, with narrow exceptions only for litigation, security plans, and student privacy records. My rule: if I wouldn't say it from the dais, I won't say it privately. I won't pre-coordinate votes, use intermediaries, or discuss pending matters in group texts. Every communication about district business is treated as public record because it likely is. When uncertain, I'll consult the board attorney first. Trust requires decisions happen where the public can see them.
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