The writer is former chair of the Brattleboro Town School Board and the Windham Southeast School District school board.
BRATTLEBORO-Voters in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney have an opportunity to elect two terrific new members to the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) school board.
Daniel Everlith has been on the Dummerston School Family Involvement Team since his son started preschool three years ago, and he has worked with the Vermont Learning Collaborative, providing behavioral support and counseling for at-risk students. Dan “absolutely” agrees that teachers should have a voice in the evaluation of school administrators.
Rich Leavy has coached sports teams, helped with dance performances, and helped kids to ski in the winter sports program at Academy School. Rich also built a lean-to for the forest program that is still in use.
For the past three years, Rich has served as the chair of the Brattleboro Area Middle School Leadership Council. He is also the Brattleboro representative to the WSESD Independent Budget Review Committee, which means attending Finance Committee meetings, monitoring the budget(s), and crafting the annual report to the public.
Rich has said that giving teachers more of a voice on administrator evaluations is one of the biggest issues that comes up when he talks with teachers directly, and it needs to be addressed.
I urge you to elect these two highly engaged fathers of current students.
David Schoales
Brattleboro
The writer is former chair of the Brattleboro Town School Board and the Windham Southeast School District school board.
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