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Letter in Support

I am sharing a letter in support of my candidacy that recently appeared in the local paper.
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Amy Keys Shaw keeps focus on education

I am writing to show why I am voting for Amy Keys Shaw for a seat on the Haddonfield Board of Education. It has been a long time since candidates have been willing to take on the issues as Shaw has, and it is obvious she has our schoolchildren in heart and mind. She represents no other interests; she even comes with a background of working for the government in children and fami-lies. 

She has talked about what is expected of a school board, especially in areas of communication. Communication is a conduit. Shaw recognizes the need for the board to truly listen to community input and the need to report school board business as soon as it becomes available. It seems in the last several years there have been surprises from the school board and mistakes have been made.

Her blogs are evidence of her focus on education – and “believing in children.” Meeting each child’s needs is paramount. Her guiding principles set the stage for maintaining the high standard our schools have always shown, and for having unwavering support for high achievement,and by using informed uses of technology and differentiated learning techniques improving even more on great quality of instruction we already have.

We all know it is important to keep our district fiscally sound In 2009, Shaw was a member of the Board appointed Community Budget Advisory Committee. The committee examined potential ways to realize cost savings and to increase revenue; making many recommendations and several have been adopted. The Drexel Partnership provides our students access to the university resources, including certain IT functions, increased course offerings, etc. with little cost to the district. 

Shaw is a stickler for the law,and keeping the board on track.Focusing only on the schools and education is, of course, the job of the school board and nothing else. 

I am sure Shaw will maintain her zeal for children and education. She has raised her children in Haddonfield schools. As long as I have known her, she attends as many school board meetings as possible. That in itself shows how much she cares.

George Slack

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