Ballot Statement

By Adrienne Dickinson

Alongside trustee voices from finance and law, we need voices of experience from education itself. I have taught elementary, junior high, and high school. I have worked in regular education, special education, alternative education, independent study, and home school. I have worked with students who are gifted, students with learning disabilities, students with mental illness, gang members, college-bound standouts, and everyone in between.

Our three children attended K-12 in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District. They received an outstanding foundation for their continued educations, and I hope the same for all students coming along now.

I would like to be a voice for vision. I see education helping young people blossom into their gifts as they gain experiences with music and the arts, health and science, and as they build skills in reading, writing, and math. I see educated adults with global knowledge and understanding, who access information and discern propaganda, think and create, problem-solve and act, take responsibility and participate in community.