 | | | Mark Kindhouse, Meredith Meade Photos provided | | | | | | The Lafayette School District Board will have two new faces at the table following the election. Mark Kindhouse and Meredith Meade will take their places on the board with 40.9 percent and 34.5 percent of the vote, respectively.
The community had the choice of three highly qualified candidates who were very familiar with Lafayette and the schools' issues. Meade says that she is "honored to be one of two of the candidates elected by our community."
Meade recognizes that the board has much work to do as it continues to shoot for incremental improvements to each child's educational experience and she recognizes that it needs to meet the challenges that all public schools face with funding and growing costs.
Kindhouse says that, although he ran on several tangible issues such as infrastructure, teacher, budget, special education and science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM), his campaign was ultimately about values. He says, "Now I have the honor of living out those values through service. "
He reflects that following the results of the election at the national level, of all the initial campaign ideas that he had hoped to accomplish, none now seem as important to him as collaborating, listening and working with people in the community.
"We have a rare opportunity to expand the national discourse at our local level. We may have various opinions about where our country is heading, but one fact remains: we share a common experience as Americans and Lafayette residents and that makes us more alike than different."
Both candidates are looking forward to getting started. "I am excited to work with the current board members and administration and can't wait to do my part," says Meade.
Kindhouse says, "If we are open, honest, and put values first, we can accomplish any goal set forth for this district."
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA