04/22/2023
James Baldwin says it best, "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
You may know me as Pastor of Greater Union Hill Baptist Church or as your favorite video DJ and host of The Spiritual Connection on KTEV-TV Channel 15. Or panelist and fill-in host for Good Day Texarkana. Or preacher and host of Rhema Nation. You may know me as Sis. Suchie Much or as an employee of Texas A&M University-Texarkana or the Housing Authority of Texarkana, Texas. You may know me as a Toastmaster, an author, story-teller, public speaker, teacher of the gospel or a friend.
TODAY, I ask you to exercise your right to vote. TODAY I ask you to make your voice heard at the ballot box. TODAY I seek your support and your vote for Place 2 for Texarkana Independent School District School Board.
There are 7,000 plus reasons I choose to run for Place 2 on the Texarkana ISD School Board. Education is tantamount. A student's failure as well as a student's success is imbedded in what is taught and learned within the walls of educational institutions. It's important to understand these same responsibilities rest squarely on the shoulders of each student, parent, teacher, administrator and the community. It's necessary each student is prepared to navigate the world beyond their parents' home and the confines of a school. It's necessary to empower and ensure educated groups of young people will morph into adults capable of contributing to the economic, political, social and spiritual aspects of society.
Schools are faced with a Herculean task, not an impossible one. There's a massive teacher shortage due to retention, teacher pay, training and student discipline issues. School safety is at the forefront of every parent's thought every day their child leaves for school. Bullying and weapons on school campuses are major issues. The current ratio of school counselors to student population is unacceptable.
I believe School Board members are to lead by unified example. The collective intelligence of the members is to augment conditions that work for the good of all and judiciously seek systems and methods to amend and/or change conditions that do not.
I will represent the constituents of Place 2 with integrity, duty, purpose and compassion to ensure every who, what, when, where, how and why is answered intelligently and with transparency to provide academic integrity for all students..
I seek your support and your vote. There are 224 streets in Place 2 which covers Beverly, Rose Hill, Belt Road, Sunset, Westlawn, N. Robison Road, Newtown, Old Boston Rd, Richmond Road, West 3rd Street to West 24th, Sowell Lane and Sherwood Addition. I look forward to meeting each of you.
Be blessed!!
