Dear Harmony School Parents,
There were two nominations for the parent representative for a 2 year term for 2019-2020. Below are their statements they submitted explaining why they want to be on the council.
Deirdre Weber
This past year was my first year as a Harmony parent. My oldest child is a kindergarten student. In the fall I joined the PTA. I have had numerous opportunities to volunteer and get to know several of the wonderful teachers, parents and students at Harmony. I would love to serve on the Harmony Elementary Site Based Decision Making Council to continue to support the student and staff members. I feel like as a parent newer to Harmony I could bring some fresh new ideas to the table. Having young kids that have yet to enroll at Harmony it’s very much in my interest to make sure Harmony remains the outstanding school that it currently is.
Jared Barrett
As a former school board member from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, I would like to use my experience by serving on the Site Based Decision Making Council. I served for six years (2012-2018) as a school board member in a district that grew from 7,000 to 8,800 students in six years. I also reviewed and developed the annual operating budget which in 2018 stood at $75 million. I also developed district policy and conducted an annual evaluation of the Director of Schools.
As a parent of incoming twin kindergarteners, I would to serve the school they will attend and feel this is the perfect opportunity. My family and I moved to Goshen, Kentucky in June 2018 from Tennessee due to my new job as an archaeologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers in their Louisville district office.
The election will be held Tuesday, April 23rd from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Harmony’s school office. If you will have a child enrolled at Harmony next year, you are eligible to vote in this election. (This includes parents, step-parents, and foster parents.) I urge every parent to participate in this important decision about the future of our children’s school.
Results will be announced (and a run-off election held if necessary) Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 at 3:45 p.m. in Harmony’s school office. Please plan to be present for this important event.
In addition, we did not receive any nominations for the open 1 year term minority parent member to serve on Harmony’s SBDM council for 2019-2020. If you are interested in this, please contact me.
Thank you for your interest in our school, and please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jessy Maggard
Harmony Elementary PTA President
pta.president.hes@gmail.com