Former Boise school board trustees and superintendents support this slate of candidates
On Sept. 6, voters in the Boise School District have an unusual opportunity to determine the future of our schoolchildren, our teachers and our community. The Boise School Board election is a study in contrasts. As former leaders of Boise’s schools, we ask you to choose trustees who are committed to continued excellence for the Boise Schools.
On one side of the ballot, you have a team of five current trustees who have provided stability, safety, and consistency to families through some of the most turbulent times in recent memory.
On the other side is a collection of individuals, many of whom are pursuing grievances including COVID-19 safety precautions, classroom content conspiracies, book banning and other radical special interests.
Please consider that the Boise School District is a large, complex organization with 23,000 students, a budget of $391 million and more than 4,000 employees. We believe your choice is clear. You can elect a team of trustees that has a proven record of managing our schools in a thoughtful manner, or support untested candidates with agendas that do not align with our district’s values of respect, dignity, honesty, responsibility and teamwork.
The five current trustees, Dave Wagers, Beth Oppeheimer, Andy Hawes, Elizabeth Langley and Steve Schmidt have learned, in record-breaking time, how to operate as a high-functioning team. Under their leadership, the board has been innovative and nimble, while continuing to provide academic excellence, unparalleled access to opportunity, and support to the passionate teachers our community expects and deserves.
While each trustee brings his or her unique talents, perspectives, experiences and personalities to board work, they have proven their ability to rise above their own individual biases, ask the tough questions, carefully examine all the evidence at hand and find the best way to serve the students, families and staff of the Boise School District.
Make no mistake, leading the Boise School District is a service to building our future. Strong and stable leadership builds strong and stable schools. Strong and stable schools build vibrant communities. As volunteer and professional leaders of the Boise schools, we continue to believe in every child’s future and in the trust our patrons place in these incumbent trustees’ ability to best serve our children.
We join the Boise Education Association and strongly endorse Dave Wagers, Beth Oppenheimer, Andy Hawes, Elizabeth Langley and Steve Schmidt in the Sept. 6 Boise School Board of Trustees election.
They have earned our trust and the honor to continue to serve our students, our families, our teachers and our community.