4 Candidates Vie For Madison School Board

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Vying for Seat 1 on the board are Maya Cole and Arlene Silveira. On the matter of budget cuts, Silveira says keeping as many cuts as possible away from the classroom is her first priority, along with finding a better way to fund public schools.

"The state funding is broken and that's going to continually strain all districts in the state of Wisconsin. That's something we have to focus on lobbying the legislature to try and fix."

Cole agrees that state funding is not working, but says the district needs to get organized first.

"I don't see that we have the political capitol yet. Does that mean I'm not going to work on it? Of course not, but we need to be organized as a district and get the trust of our constituents before we can say it's all the legislators fault."

Cole also says the board needs to simplify the budget process, so the public knows exactly what it's voting on if it comes down to a referendum.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 1, 2006 8:11 PM
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