Education is about opportunity. 
Providing a child the opportunity to learn is the obligation of each parent, school and the community. The thirteen years of San Marino public school education is not the beginning, and is definitely not the end, of this process. We want our children to finish high school equipped with broad and advanced knowledge, with a strong work ethic and competitiveness. More importantly, we want the desire to pursue knowledge to continue, we want the joy after hard work or triumph to replay, we want the understanding, the appreciation and the love of people, animals, plants and the environment to always be there.
Financially, the School Board as a whole influences all residents in the City whether or not they have a child attending SMUSD. They have approximately $28 million Tax money in their hand. It is crucial for you and me to have a voice in the school board body to use the money wisely and respectfully. It is justifiably important for you to seek a candidate who does not burden the entire community with insensitive spending and parcel taxes and bonds.
With this in mind, I enter the race for School Board passionately. I welcome and will be humbled by your valuable words about these issues.