 Candidate for Ketchikan School Board 3-year term seat - two seats open Published:
Name: Sheila Hughes Candidate For: Ketchikan School Board
About - Background: I have a BS degree in education (physical education, health and home economics). I have worked in the Ketchikan school system as a substitute and a teacher.
List any experience that qualifies you for this elected position: I have served/and am serving on a board. I have a teaching background. I have had two children go through this school system.
State at least 3 reasons why you are seeking a seat on this elected body. I have not been happy with a few thing - one being the lack of hiring qualified / certified personnel for the job they are hired to teach. I would like to see more parents become involved with their PTA's. I would like to see more communication between all groups.
Why should the voters elect or re-elect you? To give the board a new voice with integrity for the job.
General Questions:
How do you determine your position on an issue? Need to read all literature to determine my stand on an issue.
What would compel you to
change your position?
If a dozen people speak at a public meeting on a controversial agenda item with the majority of the speakers opposed and the minority for, how would this impact your ability to form a decision on what is best for the community? I would need to know why - their reasons and proof.
Who would you most likely talk to prior to making a decision that affects the entire community? Family, people at work, civic organizations, private friends, government staff, & people in the community.
How would you deal with people whose views oppose your beliefs who want to talk to you about an agenda item or issue? You need to listen.
In a public meeting discussion, what would you likely do? Tell others my position, listen to positions of others, and try to reach a compromise.
How do others view you? I am fair with decisions.
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