WILMINGTON — Over that past 16 months, as superintendent of the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union, I have been working with our school boards to come with our district's Act 46 proposal.
During this time, John Moran has attended many of the school board meetings as a citizen, even long before he had announced his candidacy to run for state representative.
In many discussions with Moran over the past few weeks, I found that he has many of the same concerns and frustrations about Act 46 that municipal representatives and I have, such as the closing of small schools and what impact it would have on our communities.
Most recently, at a Readsboro School Board meeting, I had an opportunity to share with him and the board my number-one concern of having our side-by-side proposal not supported or approved by the state.
I shared that these concerns are directly related to the health, safety, and well-being of our kids through traveling to and from other schools.
John Moran agreed and, if elected, would like to work with our communities to try to get some changes to Act 46 that reflect the small schools in our county.
I thank John Moran for taking the time to attend our meetings as a concerned citizen, and I wish him luck on Nov. 8.