• Provide support that meets all students where they are with an emphasis on differentiation

• Attract, train, and retain highly qualified and culturally competent staff

• Offer open and equitable access to rigorous standards aligned, culturally relevant, and inclusive instructional curricula

• Equip our schools with up to date technology and provide professional development so best practices are implemented and innovation is encouraged in every classroom

• Strengthen our commitment to transparent, timely, informative and respectful dialogue among all interestholders

Building a culture of care will allow students, teachers, staff, and families to thrive in Culver City schools. A culture of care embraces the fullness of our community members’ humanity and ability to learn and grow in healthy ways. It forms an environment where everyone feels heard, safe, validated and supported to achieve. When people are in a nurturing school climate with resources to be the best version of themselves, they generate positive energy and good will that is channeled to others within CCUSD and beyond.

The CCUSD Board of Education can develop a culture of care by harvesting resources, empowering interestholders and cultivating energy around three key pillars: Achievement, Belonging, and Community. As a member of the Board, my mission will be to collaborate with community members to strengthen the elements of these pillars. Our students (from early learners through adults), their families, and all district employees need this support to thrive.

• Foster an empathetic and inclusive mindset by authentically serving often marginalized community members including those with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, English learners, foster youth, unhoused, Black, Brown, and low income families

• Implement practices that reflect our values, including structuring reporting frameworks to hold every district employee accountable for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion 

• Elevate inclusion practices: create site specific support systems for students with special needs

• Apply equity mandates in agreements with third party partners such as aides, substitutes, and security contractors

• Improve our counselor to student ratios

• Apply a social justice framework for the fair distribution of resources and equitable treatment of all students to help them feel safe and secure, physically and psychologically

• Advocate for programs that maintain safe, clean school facilities and keep them in good repair

  • Strengthen programs that aid in safe and sustainable mobility

  • Support local and state efforts for tougher gun restrictions - especially assault weapons - Reimagine safety in schools without police presence,  providing more robust systems of support and positive behavior interventions

• Support the health and wellness of all students and staff by joining local efforts for abundant and more affordable housing, providing livable wages and making sure district employees have access to child care

• Implement, fund and improve environmental sustainability initiatives in energy, food services, and waste management