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Pazda for Board of Eduation

Why is Mary-Jane Dodge Pazda running for the Board of Education? The answer is simple:  To ensure that the Manchester Public Schools provide a world class education to all students by focusing on academic excellence. This election is about Manchester’s future -- a quality education that leads to a quality life with graduates who want to return to Manchester and raise their families.   

This year’s election is about charting a direct course for Academic Excellence. It is about leadership and forging partnerships with all stakeholders around common goals to ensure that all our graduates are college and career ready. Returning to the Board of Education will put my educational leadership skills back to work for Manchester, skills that focus attention on what matters most: our children and their academic progress

This election provides the opportunity to bring student achievement and learning growth to the forefront of the work that is done in our schools. Ensuring success for all students requires clear goals, a shared vision and a welcoming climate of partnership with all stakeholders both directly and indirectly affiliated with our schools. As a result of my career and professional experiences, I know not only what to do, but how to work with a team to get things done: set clear, measurable goals and monitor those goals frequently, publicly and transparently with accountability for results mindful that those interactions between students and teachers are the heart and soul of public education.

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Additionally, there must be long term strategic planning that seeks input from staff, parents,  residents and town leaders as we move forward to address issues such as the number and grade configuration of schools , facilities upkeep and maintenance, neighborhood, magnet, charter and private schools as well as racial balance and parity between and among schools.  Again, we must keep our students at the heart of any discussion and ask how that decision will impact student learning, the mission of public school education, resulting in a quality education that leads to a quality life with graduates who want to return to Manchester and raise their families.  Please vote on November 5.  Thank you.

Mary-Jane Dodge Pazda

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49 Holyoke Road

Manchester, CT

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