A board should be open

District 25 Board needs to be more open to diverse opinions. 


The Board should welcome input from the community and should be accepting of dissenting opinions from its own members. Decision-making should include looking at all options and allowing all board members to voice disagreements or suggest alternate approaches. 
 For example, when voting on the proposed $12 million additions to Olive-Mary Stitt and Ivy Hill schools, the Board never considered rehabbing existing school buildings such as Miner and Rand Schools. Board member Rich Olejniczak agreed but was chastised by the Board President. From the March 25, 2015 Daily Herald article, “Before casting the only vote against the planned additions at Olive-Mary Stitt and Ivy Hill elementary schools, Olejniczak said the board process leading up to the decision lacked transparency and failed to consider all options.” Board Member Olejniczak requested that the process be more thorough and more transparent, but he was publicly rebuffed by other board members. The Board President actually told Mr. Olejniczak that "We are not in the business of coming up with the right answer!" When I am elected, I will try my hardest to come up with the right answers for this district.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150324/news/150329420/