It’s Official!
It’s official! I handed in my nomination papers last week, called the Election Office this morning, and found that I am now a certified candidate for Ward 7 School Committee. Many thanks to all those who signed my papers.
An interesting note: I needed to get 150 different certified signatures to be a candidate. I thought it would be easy given that I attend lots of meetings and work with several different groups. But I found that going beyond 100 different names required some effort, as I saw many of the same people over and over again. To me, this is important because it means that I will need to continue to work hard to reach out to citizens and hear a wide range of ideas in the future. It is too easy to stay within a small circle of people and opinions.