February 16, 2007
Dear friends and SchoolMatters readers:
This week I became an official candidate for re-election to the At-Large seat on the Albemarle County School Board. It has been an honor to represent the entire county and to advocate for the interests all our students over the past three years.
In this my fourth year on the Board, I look forward to continuing my leadership in our school community and to outlining my vision for a second term. I’ll continue gathering feedback from the public, staff, and our students to help shape that vision during my upcoming campaign. I am running because I thoroughly enjoy serving the community and building support for public education. Also, we are still in the early stages of a number of important initiatives and I want to help our new Superintendent and the School Board to implement the vision we have for building a world class school system in Albemarle County.
If you are a voter in Albemarle, in November you will get to give me a grade for my efforts thus far. Between now and then, I intend to give you the opportunity to measure my ideas and contributions, and I hope I will earn your support.
Sincerely yours,
Brian Wheeler
Thank you Brian! We look forward to more years of leadership - and the pursuit of openness - provided by you on the Albemarle County School Board.
~ Larry
Posted by: Larry Banner | February 16, 2007 at 09:36 AM
Keep up the leadership. It is much appreciated.
Posted by: Jim Duncan | February 16, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Brian,
We have ended up on some opposite sides of certain issues, but I've got incredible respect for you. You've shown great leadership and fairness to all, and I wish you all the best in your re-election campaign.
Posted by: Lonnie | February 20, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Brian,
I like the blog. Keep it up.
Please watch out for the overburdened taxpayers in the county (in addition to the educational *needs*, not wants, of our children). With virtually flat enrollment, I'm amazed at the capital budget requests that continue to come from the school system (for expansion). It's time to look at spending with a fine-tooth comb and for the county and school system to live within reasonable budget increases (to account for any increased enrollment and increased costs only).
Remember that more money doesn't necessarily correlate to a better education. In fact, the opposite is often the case.
Posted by: John | February 23, 2007 at 05:52 PM
Thanks everyone for the encouragement, support, and feedback. Brian Wheeler
Posted by: bawheeler | February 24, 2007 at 08:43 AM