VOTE411 Voter Guide

I am a mother of two kids and have lived in the Walled Lake School District for 15 years. My husband and I moved here because of the schools. I spend a lot of time in the school volunteering and working with our PTA. I see the wonderful work our teachers and staff do and I want to take a bigger role in supporting them. I spent the last 15 years climbing the corporate ladder as an HR consultant. Providing strategic HR solutions to leaders at all levels. I had both internal and external customers. As a school board trustee you need to balance the administration and what the community wants. The best way to do that is building trust. Its listening and taking time with proactive communication. Our public schools need people who believe in them and want to keep lifting our kids to their highest potential.

Student Safety- Making sure students and staff are working in buildings that are well maintained. Buildings that make our students and staff want to come to school each day and be proud of their space. We need to keep our teachers and students physical and emotional safety. Financial transparency- School funding is complicated. We need to keep lines of communication open and share proactively the state of district financials. This needs to be done in an easily digestible format. Student and Teacher Success – Studies show that the most engaged and thus productive employees feel support and allowed to take care of their own well being. If we expect our teachers to take care of our children we need to take care of them. Once this happens we can focus on the whole child. Their test scores are important but they need to have full bellies, and tools to manage their emotions. A place that feels safe.

I am running to retain my position on the Walled Lake School Board to continue my role as a stabilizing, sensible asset to our students, staff, and community.

When I first started speaking at School Board meetings in 2023, it was in the aftermath of an electioncycle which saw three Board members ascend to the Board whose policies were anti-public school, anti-science, and toxic to those already marginalized in our school community. Because of that, I sought and won appointment to the Board in May, 2024, and ran for a four-year partial term which I narrowly lost in November, 2024. I was reappointed to the Board in July, 2025 for a partial term which runs through December, 2026. I intend to continue my role as a pro-public school, pro-teacher, and anti-hate Trustee for Walled

There are several urgent issues which impact employees delivering quality public education. Among these are: 1. A national teacher shortage: Obviously, a huge topic with several factors to be examined locally. Our teachers remain the lifeblood of our district. Recruiting, retaining, and empowering our teachers must be a requirement of my board service. 2. Our budget: Paired along with declining enrollment, the incredibly thin margins with which the district must achieve its goals will be daunting. It will require strength in goal setting, strategy, and the conviction to make the tough decisions which serve our district. 3. Divisive partisan politics: There are many ways to cut this, but here's one which I'm particularly sensitive to: Losing talented district assets because of the stress involved with navigating today's political climate. That's something we cannot allow. The greatness of our district continues to lie in our teachers, administrators, staff, and students.