Platform

Ryan's Platform

We need experienced, thoughtful, empathetic, and forward-looking servant leadership on the School Board.

The past few years have been challenging for public education systems everywhere, and Fairfax County has not been immune. The pandemic reinforced long-standing disparities and Fairfax County’s tale of two systems. From deepening concerns about students left behind academically to declining mental health among all students, the challenges our community must overcome are far more daunting than ever before.

We can’t solve all these issues at the local level, and we certainly can’t solve them all from a school board dais, but each of us has the responsibility to do what we can, where we can, whenever we can to make our corner of society and the world a better place to live.

I believe in a better tomorrow that embraces gun violence prevention, universal pre-Kindergarten, free and healthy meals for every student, and solar panels on every school. I see in the eyes of my daughters and all of our students that our best days are ahead of us. As a county, we need to reset, reorient our priorities, and rebuild. I am ready to take on that challenge and work with our community to bring the joy back to education.

To foster a community that better serves all residents, I will work to:

Provide high-quality mental health resources that meet the needs of our students and staff

Competitively compensate and retain a high-quality workforce that knows our students by name and by need

Build and maintain educational environments and facilities that are safe, inclusive, healthy, sustainable, and inspire learning

Offer 21st century curriculum, academies, and high-quality music, theater, arts, and world language programs in every school to prepare students to thrive in the workforce of the future

Implement universal high-quality pre-K programs that prepare students to enter kindergarten ready to learn

We can’t solve all these issues at the local level, and we certainly can’t solve them all from a school board dais, but I believe that each of us has the responsibility to do what we can, where we can, whenever we can to make our corner of society and the world a better place to live.