As a current school board member running for re-election, the number one question people ask me is “why are you running?”

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  The answer is simple. I ran on a "platform of progress" which highlighted student safety, prioritizing student achievement, empowering teachers and employees, transparency, parental access, rebuilding trust, equity/equality for all and fiscal responsibility. And while I've been successful in honoring this platform for the last three years, there is still more work to be done!

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 Since being elected to the Hillsborough County School Board in 2020, I worked extremely hard to make both District 3, and Hillsborough County, the best place to educate our children. Here are just a few of my accomplishments:

 

• Championing our first public Montessori program at Essrig Elementary, which opened in 2023.

• Supporting, the conversion of Carrollwood Elementary to a K-8 model.

• Advancing the Cambridge AICE program into District 3 Middle Schools.

• Working as a liaison between the MPO and HCPS to secure the Electric Bus Grant

• Reviving our STEM Hubs in New Tampa.

• Working across the aisle to build successful relationships with my fellow board members.

• Advocating for better working conditions, & livable wages, for all of employees.

• Updating our "Excused Absences" policy to include the "Diwali" as a holiday.

• Focusing on fiscal responsibility which has resulted in no operating deficits, an upgraded credit rating and a 20% reserve fund.

• Advocating for bringing a reading program (DIBBLES) to Hillsborough County Schools that could test all students for reading disabilities universally. 

 

  Here are just a handful of initiatives that I'm still working on:

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• Bringing IB programs to North Hillsborough.

• Opening two additional Montessori programs in District 3.

• Expanding our “community” Schools. 

• Creating a "Student Driven" Board policy competition. 

• Bringing back full competitive football back to our middle schools.

• Expanding Lacrosse accessibility. 

• Focus on supporting our "high needs" transformation schools with additional wrap around services.

• Creating "round table" opportunities for our employees to express their needs in safe, supportive, and collaborative environment.

• Creating a Parent led ESE taskforce.

 

  However, in order to finish this important work, and to maintain the stability we've created on the school board and in our district, I need your vote on August 20, 2024! Tell your friends, colleagues and neighbors to VOTE4VAUGHN!

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