"Cole's Fine Qualities Make Her Right Choice" -- The Capital Times, 3/29/07

Dear Editor,

We are longtime education activists who are enthusiastically supporting Maya Cole for Seat #5 on the Madison School Board. We would like your readers to know why.

Maya is an independent progressive candidate and parent of three Madison school children. Because she is unfettered by political obligations, her presence on the board will help counter the troublesome absence of checks and balances that currently exists in the system. Free to speak her mind, she will keep our children as her highest priority and insist on a level of accountability we haven't seen in our school district in a very long time.

Maya is a creative, collaborative problem-solver. She will insist on a thoroughgoing community dialogue about the decisions facing our schools in the next three years (e.g., the choice of a new superintendent and the redesign of our high schools). Maya understands and respects data. She will make sure that budgetary and policy decisions are well supported by evidence. Maya is warm and even-tempered. She works well with others and will keep the board moving in the direction of increased effectiveness.

When both of our daily newspapers endorse the same candidate, that's a clear sign the candidate is the best choice. Vote for Maya Cole for Seat #5 of the Madison School Board!

Laurie Frost and Jeff Henriques
Madison

Posted by Laurie Frost at March 29, 2007 5:37 PM
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