I have run the District 38 Chess Tournament for the last 18 years. After each tournament, we have taken the winners to a school board meeting so that they could be recognized for their achievements by the members of the school board. At those meetings, I have learned that the most effective school board members are those who have extensive and lengthy ties to our community and our schools and are not there simply because they need something to do.
Jackie Burhans has been in our community for two decades. She has been at every school board meeting that I have ever attended. That includes meetings with the Monument Academy school board. She understands what is going on with our schools and will not have to learn on the job.
Jackie is intelligent and compassionate and will do what is best for our children. She should be elected to the school board.
Steve Waldmann
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