Friday, March 29, 2024

Vote for candidates who will do best for school district

To the Editor:

As parents who live in the Kasson-Mantorville School District, we should have a say in the curriculum that is being taught to our children. I believe it is every parent’s right to know and they should be allowed to ask questions about what is being taught at K-M. That alone makes this School Board election critical to all of us.

While curriculum-related screaming matches at school board meetings have become the norm in other Minnesota districts and communities throughout the country, thus far we’ve avoided a similar mess at Kasson-Mantorville. Though often handcuffed by state requirements, the K-M School District still focuses on academics, and the school board and administration are open to parents being involved in the education of their children. To me, that’s vital. We should have a voice when it comes to our children. Being able to have that voice is part of why we moved to Kasson. Strong schools!

To continue on this path, we must make sure we elect school board members who represent us, our kids and the community. If board members are there to represent anything other than our kids' best interests, I fear some of our parental rights could be squelched and it could create a less-than-inviting atmosphere for voicing curriculum-related concerns at board meetings. 

I sincerely hope we all vote for candidates who will ALWAYS do what’s best for the children of Kasson and Mantorville. I feel our current school board did an incredible job of fighting for our children throughout COVID and several curricular-related issues that arose over the last few years.

One final thought: The teachers already have a very strong union, and their union heads do a tremendous job representing them. The School Board should be the “union” for our children; they need strong representation, too.

 

Katie Pherson

Kasson

 

 

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