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San Diego County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
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FIRST YEAR GOALS AS A BOARD MEMBER

By Mark Powell

Candidate for Trustee; San Diego Unified School District; Trustee Area A

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My first year goals are to address teaching, budget and school safety.
1. Ineffective Teachers: Negotiate with the teachers union to implement uniform systems to keep our best teachers.

2. Budget Concerns: Responsibly negotiate all contracts and eliminate non-essential positions or programs.

3. Class Size: Hire back as many teachers as possible and create part-time and full-time teacher assistant positions.

4. Vocational Training For Students: Create a partnership with local businesses and implement a comprehensive internship program.

5. Bullying/School Violence: Acts of bullying or school violence must be addressed by the schools administration as a top priority. Acts of bullying or school violence at the secondary level will also be addressed by school police.

6. Excessive Testing/Report Cards: Stop "teaching to the test" and implement a report card system that parents, teachers and students understand.

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