

Response 1: My skill set stations in my extensive experience in helping businesses of all sizes and complexities manage risk within their budget. Occupation: Commercial insurance account manager Michelle Sweisfort The three candidates each cross-filed, meaning they will appear on both Democratic and Republican ballots. Three candidates are running for one two-year seat in Region 1 of the Boyertown School Board. I’m focused on bringing back the values of teamwork, cooperative problem solving, professionalism and authenticity to the board, while focusing on what matters most, our community and kids. Diversity of ideas and backgrounds not only brings new ideas to problem solving, but it provides a balance to the team. Team is an important aspect here.Īs a former athlete, I understand how working as a team and learning to trust each other, putting personal motives aside and being open to others’ views, results in success for everyone. I believe if we focus on electing board members who can put aside their political views, agree to disagree and work as a team, we can make “kid and teacher centric” decisions which will drastically improve things for all. I’m very aware of the other issues plaguing our districts right now, like book banning, socio-emotional learning debates, budgetary constraints, teaching resource attrition, political agendas, etc. Response 2: Cohesion, cooperation and trust. I’m a working mom, my husband is in the military/first responder, so I can relate to other parents who have the same time and resource management challenges, so understand the importance of supporting our community, family and putting the kids first.

I’m a servant-leader, in the trenches, and working cooperatively with stakeholders to make progress on some of the most controversial issues, am not afraid to address tough subjects, to take ownership driving improvement, doing so with tight resources as to not increase taxes for our district. I have years of experience managing multimillion-dollar budgets and experience with federal, state and local laws. I serve on Neumann University’s Business Advisory Counsel, shaping curriculum and programs WiCyS Delaware Valley STEM and have served on BCT High School Advisory Committee. Throughout my career I’ve been responsible for building educational programs catering to a wide array of learning styles and backgrounds. Response 1: I started my career as a high school teacher. Occupation: Chief information security officer in national clinical health care/orthopedics Krista Elyse Arndt Both cross-filed, meaning they will appear on both Democratic and Republican ballots. Region 1 of the Boyertown School Board will be contested on both sides of the ballots.
