Kathy Lewis::
- Experienced
- Student Focused
- Ethical
- Committed
- Accountable
- Passionate
- Advocate
- Approachable
- Respectful
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I wholeheartedly support the School District Mission and Goals
School District Mission Statement:
Together with our families and community, Lakeville Area Schools provides educational opportunities to ensure academic, social, civic, and personal readiness for every student.
School District Vision Statement:
To provide a safe, respectful, engaging, rigorous, and collaborative learning environment for all students, families and staff where every person belongs, is valued, and can succeed.
Supports School District Core Goals:
- Students First: Student needs drive our decisions and actions.
- Excellence: High expectations for all with everything we do.
- Collaboration: Working together for common goals.
- Integrity: Being honest and authentic in every interaction.
- Responsible: Individually and collectively we are good stewards of our resources.
"Student focused, Community connected"
Priorities:
- Academic, Career, and Co-Curricular Opportunities for All Children
- High Quality Safe Work and Educational Environment
- Safety and security in Schools
- Strategic and long term vision and planning for curriculum programming and facilities
- Support to address mental and learning needs
I am Board Experienced, Passionate about Education and Opportunities for students, Advocate, Ethical, Committed, Collaborative, Approachable, Respectful, Non-Partisan
Just a few of the programs I advocated and supported establishment of:
- Link 12
- Online K-12 School
- Passed bond referendum for school safety, facilities, technology, and mental health needs All day kindergarten
- Impact academy
- Ignite
- Mental health task force
- AP classes
- Stem in high schools, middle schools and elementaries
- Business academy
- Biomedical / medical academy
- Career readiness
- Lakeville Works!
- Special Education Programs
- Improved school and cocurricular facilities
Supports
- Personalized learning and education, expanding student opportunities, eliminate achievement gap,
- Marketing the School district to outside communities
- Effective stewardship of resources and prudent use of Taxpayer dollars
- Developing new and expanded partnerships with businesses and community
- Evaluation of programs with a Return on Investment (ROI) focus
- Technology as a tool for greater efficiency and effectiveness
- Staff Development Opportunities
Most Important Issues to me:
- Individualized learning and education, expanding student opportunities, eliminating achievement gaps are my priorities.
- Effective stewardship of resources and prudent use of taxpayer dollars allows the district to be fiscally responsible and evaluate program ROI.
- Developing new and expanding partnerships with the community and businesses creates more opportunities for both.
- Technology is a tool to assist the District to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness.
- Expand recruitment to diversify teaching staff.
School Board Accomplishments during my previous terms on the board:
- 2022
- 2021
- Passed bond referendum for 9th elementary, opening 2023-2024
- 2019
- Bond referendum for safety and security, facilities for students including pool at Century Middle School, gymnasium at McGuire Midlle School, turf practice fields and IT upgrades
- Operating Levy for full time elementary counselers, more middle school electives and elementary classroom resources.
- We continue to seek stakeholder participation and input
in making significant district decisions through surveys, increased public engagement, community advisory councils
- Recently technology has been leveraged to give teachers and students another powerful tool for managing learning, assessment and meeting the students’ individual needs
Background Statement:
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School Board experience
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ISD917 Representative for Lakeville Area
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Home Health Specialist - vaccine clinics
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Intensive care nurse for Fairview Ridges Hospital, (recently retired)
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Started and co-chair Lakeville Heart Restart
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Our 5 children are Lakeville graduates,
3 grandchildren graduates, 6 grandchildren in Lakeville schools.
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