While our entire slate may not have won this election, we feel like winners in many ways. First of all, this was a very close race. Incumbents are hard to beat, especially when they have been in our school system for 8 plus years and are well-known. This race was decided by less than 90 votes between the top and bottom vote getters. A pretty good showing, we think, for three challengers who haven't had children in the district that long.
We are proud of our accomplishments and appreciative of our many supporters. We consistently made new friends on this journey that kept us energized and helped strengthen our will.
We may have lost, but we won many small victories and learned a lot along the way. We won the hearts of residents who "had no idea." We won the support of parents who thought no one else felt the way they did or shared their concerns. We informed many taxpayers on the consumer price index and the predicament school districts are in now that it is so low. We won the right to post signs and campaign outside the middle school polling place - something that hasn't been "allowed" by the superintendent for the past seven years. We enlightened many residents and are confident that they will continue to travel with us on our trek to put the community back into the school. Every community has a school, but not every school has a community.
We want to thank our many supporters. We couldn't have done it without you and we will indeed be back again in 2011!
We also learned a lot about politics and self-serving politicians from two local municipalities. Shame, shame, shame...you know who you are!
Finally, thanks to Dina Stone for commenting openly on our blog. We appreciate her sincerity and apology!
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