Anonymous Asked...

An anonymous commenter asked, “Of the four candidates on this slate, how many of you have/or had children in high school and/or college?”

All four candidates have an undergraduate college degree from a four year institution, three have gone on to earn graduate degrees and one has a spouse that teaches college, but none of us have children currently enrolled in high school or college.

If you have information that would enlighten us as to how Pleasantdale grads are doing in high school or college, we would certainly like to hear it. Information on how our students are doing at LT has not been made available. We are interested in learning how many Pleasantdale grads are placed in accelerated level, honors, on level or below level classes. Through community canvassing, we have learned that although Pleasantdale graduates are great test takers, they are not as prepared as students from surrounding districts for high school level curriculum.

If the current board members are re-elected, we will have three of seven board members without any children enrolled at Pleasantdale School. Despite their experience – what incentive will they have to do the hard work it takes to keep a school district growing and moving forward? How motivated will they be when faced with issues that won't even affect or have impact on their own children?