I will work very hard to advocate for the necessary funding to help our schools and teachers
Education is the foundation of our society. If we as a community support education, then we are supporting jobs; we are supporting the economy; we are supporting innovation; we are supporting stability. Schools are the cultural and learning hubs of every community I have ever seen. Drive by any school at 7 p.m. and you will not see a darkened building. You see assemblies, night classes, sports practices, meetings, and community enrichment courses. Funding of our public schools has been decimated over the years. Local school districts continue to receive less while being forced to do more. This is unacceptable. Any attack on public schools and teachers, is an attack on the very fabric of our society. For this, I will work very hard to advocate for the necessary funding to help our schools and teachers. The Upper Peninsula has some of the very best public schools and teachers, and I want to keep it that way and help make it even better.