League of Women Voters of California
Santa Clara County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
	Russell W. "Russ" Wood Answers Questions Candidate for Governing Board Member; Mountain View School District

The questions were prepared by the Los Altos - Mountain View League of Women Voters and asked of all candidates for this office.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top 3 priorities for the District? Please include specifics and how you plan to involve the school community.

- Open communication can be facilitated by holding more evening forums about specific topics of community interest on which the school board is required to make a decision. Listen carefully to input from the community in both formal and informal settings.

- Goals are set by the board with input from both the community and the administration, and then implemented by the administration. Evaluation of the effectiveness of these goals and their implementation is the responsibility of the board and should be taken very seriously. Outcome measures and data should be studied on an ongoing basis and "course corrections" made as necessary.

- When curriculum and policy decisions are made and implemented, consideration should be made to how they will affect all students in the district with particular attention being given to the broad cultural and socio-economic differences within our community.