SEEK Announces School Board Selections
March 02, 2008 |
Schools
SEEK, a citizen organization formed in 2003 to
recruit qualified candidates for the Englewood Board
of Education, has announced its recommendations for
the April 2008 School election. They are George
C. Garrison III, Dr. Jerry D. Lamb and Margaret Mora.
Mora is running for a second term, while Garrison and
Lamb are first-time candidates. This is the fifth
year in which SEEK (an acronym for Supporters of
Education for Englewood’s Kids) has selected
candidates using its standard format, which includes
a formal application, an extensive interview with
each applicant, and a secret ballot of SEEK members
when it is necessary to choose among multiple
applicants.
Garrison is an insurance consultant employed by Health Plans of New York and Group Health Insurance Plans. A fourteen year resident of Englewood, he has four children currently attending the public schools. He has been an active PTO member and a frequent attendee at Board of Education meetings. If elected, he expects to contribute his business experience and interpersonal skills, as well as his commitment, to the Board. He thinks the schools "are on the right track" but still have the major challenge of "fully motivating the Englewood students to believe in themselves."
Lamb is an Englewood native and product of the Englewood Public Schools, graduating from Dwight Morrow High School in 1986. After obtaining a criminal justice degree and spending several years in the court system, he became so "disheartened by so many African American and Latino males going through the criminal justice system" that he decided to go into teaching. Today, he has a Masters Degree in Special Education, a Masters Degree in Administrative Supervision, a Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership, and 15 years of educational experience mentoring at all grade levels in an inner-city school system. In Englewood he started the Wilson Mentoring Program at Dwight Morrow High School, and has been an active member of SEEK since its inception.
Mora is a teacher of students with disabilities. She is Chair of the Board’s Support Services Committee. Concerned with the high cost of special education, she is working with the administration to reduce costs by bringing students now sent elsewhere back into the district. She has also focused on increasing parents’ involvement in their children’s education, working tirelessly on parental outreach, and establishing a drop-in parental resource center.
In the last five years, the Englewood public schools have made major strides forward under the leadership of Board members selected and backed by SEEK. The system has received public recognition from State education officials for significant curriculum improvements, enhanced student achievement, and the integration of the highly regarded Academies@Englewood into Dwight Morrow High School. The sizable school construction program authorized in the 2004 Referendum is progressing well. The 2008 SEEK candidates are committed to continuing this forward progress.
Garrison is an insurance consultant employed by Health Plans of New York and Group Health Insurance Plans. A fourteen year resident of Englewood, he has four children currently attending the public schools. He has been an active PTO member and a frequent attendee at Board of Education meetings. If elected, he expects to contribute his business experience and interpersonal skills, as well as his commitment, to the Board. He thinks the schools "are on the right track" but still have the major challenge of "fully motivating the Englewood students to believe in themselves."
Lamb is an Englewood native and product of the Englewood Public Schools, graduating from Dwight Morrow High School in 1986. After obtaining a criminal justice degree and spending several years in the court system, he became so "disheartened by so many African American and Latino males going through the criminal justice system" that he decided to go into teaching. Today, he has a Masters Degree in Special Education, a Masters Degree in Administrative Supervision, a Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership, and 15 years of educational experience mentoring at all grade levels in an inner-city school system. In Englewood he started the Wilson Mentoring Program at Dwight Morrow High School, and has been an active member of SEEK since its inception.
Mora is a teacher of students with disabilities. She is Chair of the Board’s Support Services Committee. Concerned with the high cost of special education, she is working with the administration to reduce costs by bringing students now sent elsewhere back into the district. She has also focused on increasing parents’ involvement in their children’s education, working tirelessly on parental outreach, and establishing a drop-in parental resource center.
In the last five years, the Englewood public schools have made major strides forward under the leadership of Board members selected and backed by SEEK. The system has received public recognition from State education officials for significant curriculum improvements, enhanced student achievement, and the integration of the highly regarded Academies@Englewood into Dwight Morrow High School. The sizable school construction program authorized in the 2004 Referendum is progressing well. The 2008 SEEK candidates are committed to continuing this forward progress.
