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December 21, 2005
Press Release: "A Call for Excellence" Exhibits Consensus-Building & Leadership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
John Bailes, District 8 County Commission Candidate
"Friends to Elect John Bailes"
John@JohnBailesForCommissioner.Org
www.johnbailes.com
423-493-0266
423-313-0869
“A Call for Excellence” Exhibits Consensus-Building & Leadership
By John Bailes
East Ridge, TN/Dec. 21, 2005 — I applaud the 70 area business, educational, and community leaders who signed a full-page letter in today’s Chattanooga Times Free Press. This open letter is titled “A Call for Excellence” and is addressed to Hamilton County citizens. The letter reminds readers that Hamilton County will choose a new Superintendent of Schools in 2006, that this choice will be one of the most critical decisions affecting our educational and economic future, and that every citizen must be vigilant in keeping our public officials responsible in this decision. The open letter clarifies what our next Superintendent of Schools should be: A communicator, an educator, and a leader.
I could not agree more.
During my 20 years of teaching, I have seen businesses in communities and counties rise or fall because of the quality of local public schools. At the heart of setting our school standards is the Superintendent of Schools. In every case of which I am aware, the best school superintendents are picked when there is community-wide involvement and strong consensus.
In the 1990s, while teaching in Folsom and El Dorado Hills, California, I (and others) assisted a visionary Superintendent of Schools who was central to our success. We raised and enforced writing and reading standards for high school students, lowered remediation rates for high school graduates going to college, and established dual enrollment college classes on high school campuses. We were committed to making our graduates highly competitive.
These and other changes paid off. East of Sacramento, our area benefited. We landed some of the biggest high-tech companies in the country, such as Intel and Honeywell, to name a few.
Next year, in Hamilton County, we will decide the quality of our county schools while shaping our opportunity for capturing high-tech businesses--and not just by choosing a Superintendent of Schools.
Our future business and job growth will also be decided by the 2006 county election.
In 2006, county voters will decide whether we move forward or fall behind, whether our schools excel or fail to compete, whether Hamilton County becomes a world-class community or just a pit stop to Nashville or Atlanta. Voters will be heard in county primary and general elections next year. County voters will decide the future next year.
In District 8, voters have a clear choice, whether to choose the flawed record of my opponent who lacks direction and resists the future, or the fresh voice of common sense I possess, with a mind and heart full of hope and opportunity.
To learn more about my campaign of hope and opportunity which will bring accountability to the county commission and excellence to our schools, go to my website at www.JohnBailes.com or call me at 493.0266 or 313.0869.
| By wjbailes | 06:27 PM
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