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Letter of endorsement by Wilson/Deal PTA presidents

October 14, 2014

To Ward 3 Voters,

On November 4, Ward 3 voters will elect our new member of the DC State Board of Education. Ward 3’s incumbent, Laura Slover, is not running for reelection. With her experience in education policy and as a DC Public School parent, Laura has been a strong representative for our ward. As current and former parent leaders in our Ward 3 schools, we believe it is vital to elect a new Ward 3 representative who has both the experience that comes from being a public school parent and parent leader–and the knowledge that comes from long professional and personal experience working to improve and reform public schools.

Ruth and her husband David Kusnet are the parents of children who attended Janney, Deal, and Wilson. While their children were at Janney, Ruth chaired the school’s Spanish Committee, bringing Spanish instruction to Janney.

At Deal, she chaired the Local School Restructuring Team (LSRT) in 2009-10, the first year Deal enrolled 6th graders and a pivotal year in Deal’s transformation. As LSRT Chair, Ruth proved herself an effective advocate for our kids and schools and an effective leader of the broad-based LSRT team, which includes representatives of parents, teaches, the school administration and the community.

Ruth brings even more to this job than being a parent leader and strong team leader. As a long-time activist and professional in educational policy, Ruth has enormous breadth and depth of knowledge in the educational issues that matter to Ward 3 and our city, including the importance of both rigorous standards in all subjects and a rich broad curriculum, which is being eroded in our city as our schools feel pressured to focus only on reading, math, and test preparation. Ruth understands the importance of “right-sizing” our current approach to testing, so that we have excellent end-of-year tests and high-quality, non-intrusive mid-year assessments that track student progress—but without the current barrage of tests that steal time from the curriculum, often without even providing the information teachers need!

Ruth Wattenberg is the Ward 3 representative that we need. We urge you to vote for her.

Signed,

Kim Bayliss, President, Wilson High School Parent-Teacher-Student Organization 2014-15
Albert Shuldiner, President Wilson High School PTSO, 2013-2014
Ruth Ernst, President Wilson High School PTSO, 2012-2013
Cathy House, President, Deal Parent-Teacher Association, 2014-15; Co-president 2011-13
Addie Schmidtt, Co-President, Deal Parent-Teacher Association, 2013-14
Diana Rojas, Co-President, Deal Parent-Teacher Association, 2011-13
Jane Meroney, Co-President, Deal PTA 2009-11
Diane Torresen, Co-President, Deal PTA 2009-11
Ruth Ernst, Co-President, Deal PTA 2007-09
Sally Greenberg Co-President, Deal PTA 2007-09

(Organizations are listed for identification purposes only and are not meant to imply endorsement of the PTA itself, which does not make endorsements.)
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