OROL: Dennis Lamare 1996

Candidate for ORSD School Board 1996

Personal:

• 39 years old
• Married 13 years
• Moved to Lee in 1989
• 1 son, attends Oyster River Middle School
• Attended Newport N.H. High School and Boston University (two years)
• Employed at Erie Scientific in Portsmouth for 9 years
• Cub Scout den leader in Lee
• ORYA baseball coach

Educational Philosophy

We must continually strive to improve our schools. Our children and our teachers need constant challenges to achieve their very best. If we rest on yesterdays achievements we will soon be left behind.

We must set our standards high, then rise to the challenge. Excellence is attainable through hard work. We must all work together, and the board must lead the way.

The Issues

Accountability

• The taxpayers own the district, the school board must represent the whole community in a prudent and fiscally sound manner.
• The board must set high standards and hold the educators accountable for meeting them.

Responsibility

• The board must set realistic, measurable goals.
• The board must find ways to implement those goals in a academically and fiscally effective manner.

Communication

• The board and the public needs timely access to information.
• The public must be active participants, not silent spectators.
• The board must work together with our town selectmen and councilors for the common good.

It's Time for A Change

This year you have an historic opportunity to regain control of the Oyster River School District. For years a minority has decided how much of your money to spend and what to spend it on.

Education is falling behind, taxes are racing ahead, and no one is held accountable. It's time to put our education focus back on the classroom.

Change is up to you. Vote for official ballot voting and put decision making back into your hands. Vote for candidates who will represent your views and hold administrators accountable for results.

Is Official Ballot Voting for You?
(SB2/RSA 40:13)

I see SB2 as a way to give back to the whole community the ability to be involved in local school decision making. Written ballots, day long voting, and absentee ballots give everyone the right to vote.

No one should be penalized just because they can't get to the annual meeting. A single parent with young children, people who work at night, have to get up early the next morning or have to travel, and older residents who can't drive at night or stay out late on a cold winter night all deserve the right to vote.

Ask Yourself?

• Should everyone have ample time to debate, discuss and amend issues at the annual meeting before voting starts?
• Should everyone get to vote on every warrant article?

If you answer yes then vote YES to official ballot voting (warrant article #3) on March 5th.

Last update on 29-Mar-99 at 9:26 PM.

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