League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Marin County, CA November 3, 2015 Election
	Lee Hamovitz Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member; Novato Unified School District

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Marin County and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What is the most important changes you would like to see in your district and why?

We need a board that asks, every day, "How was school today?" It's a question that points directly to the role and responsibility of the board and the district. And it turns on the word "today."

You get only one chance to educate a child. Children go to school just once in their life, they grow up, and then they're gone.

For both the district and the board, a sense of urgency, a sense of openness, and a sense of "what can we do better" should inform every minute of every day.

The board must develop a sense of urgency over the programs and education offered by the district. We need board members who are not just ribbon-cutters, who appear smiling at some community event but fail to properly support the program they announce. We need a board that pays attention to details, and gets to decisions by asking questions about how programs and policies are working out in the classroom. We need a board that pays attention to the details, and accepts responsibility for the way policies and programs are developed and carried out.

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