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CCISD Board of Trustees District 4

The Clear Creek Independent School District Board of Trustees consists of seven elected members, 2 At-Large and 5 Districts, who are guardians of public trust. Board members serve three year terms. The members of the Board of Trustees serve the children and citizens of the school district. Their goal is to provide a high quality public education that meets the needs of the community.

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    Jeff Larson

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    Page Rander

Biographical Information

What training, experience and background make you the best qualified candidate for this position? (250 character limit)

Which, if any, of these COVID-related safety measures would you support for the 2021-2022 school year? •Continuing mask mandates for in-person schooling as long as the CDC recommends •Allowing an online learning option for the year •List any alternate or additional suggestions for COVID-related safety that you would support (350 character limit)

What will you do to address the long-term academic, social and emotional effects of the pandemic on students? (400 character limit)

What strategies would you use to manage CCISD’s funding to maintain or improve educational quality? (400 character limit)

Besides COVID-19, what are the two biggest problems facing CCISD, and what would you do to combat them? (400 character limit)

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Campaign Address 2815 New England Court
Webster, Texas 77598
Campaign Phone (281) 610-1414
Public Email texansforjeff@gmail.com
Age 61
I've resided in the district for 36 years and have a daughter who attended from K-12, graduating from Clear Horizons Early College High School with both a diploma and an Associates degree in Computer Science.
I would support any CDC recommendations for in-person education and continue to make in-person education for any student whose parent desires it. Online learning is here to stay, both to supplement in-person education and as an alternative for families for which that is a better choice.
Flexibility would be key to allow students to catch up on missed work: Online classes, evenings, weekends, summer school...whatever works and the district can provide. I would consider finding ways to provide additional counseling for students if that seems a wise choice of spending. The superintendent may be an excellent source of advice here; the board should listen to his input.
My focus would be on directing money to be spent in the classroom as opposed to less direct means of affecting educational quality. Nothing beats having high-quality teachers, and having a compensation plan that attracts and retains them. Organizing the intermediate schools so that every intermediate is a magnet school would be money well spent.
First would be maintaining the quality of education in the face of uncertain and possibly diminishing funding from the state. The board will have to look very carefully at discretionary funding to do this. The second problem is maintaining CCISD's high educational standards as the demographics of the student body change. This can be done, but it requires an emphasis on the basics.
Campaign Address 2703 Cross Tide Lane
Friendswood, TX 77546
Campaign Phone (713) 705-5483
Public Email pagerander4ccisd@swbell.net
Facebook http://Facebook.com/page4ccisd
Twitter @PRander
Age 55
Occupation HR Supervisor for a County department.
I have years of experience as both the incumbent candidate as well as over 25 years of local public service. I have a passion for student success and how a high performing board makes that happen.
If the CDC continues to promote masking, I would support that, however I would prefer it as an option if we are at 60-80% immunity. I fully support the Clear Connections Academy the board has already approved. The improved cleaning measures should continue along with economical ways to clean building air. Using physical distancing when needed.
Trustee should work at the state and federal levels to secure funding sources for these expenditures. We will need to address learning losses that may involve reinforcing learning resources including additional staff. We will also need to address social/emotional wellness (for students and staff); pandemic “trauma” can directly affect student learning and staff job performance.
I will work with colleagues both locally and around the state to ensure there is continued funding for the 86th Lege session’s HB3. I will also work with others to secure CCISD’s share of federal funding both that we deserve for areas like special education and the $10M we’ve already spent in pandemic response.
Public education funding and the state’s A-F accountability system. The state has done a poor job of adequately funding public ed but a “great” job at doling out unfunded mandates like A-F. Our local taxes are going to Austin but rarely come back in an equitable manner. And time and again, communities like CCISD have said we value other measurable indicators more than a letter grade or test scores
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