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Chad borseth (South Washington County Schools, At-large, Minnesota, candidate 2023)
chad borseth (Nonpartisan) ran for election to South Washington County Schools, At-large in Minnesota.[1]
Elections
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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chad borseth completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by borseth's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm running to ensure that the voices of our students, parents, and school staff are amplified and represented with sound district policy and resources. At its core, meeting the academic, social, and emotional needs of our children are the primary goals of our public school system - I am aligned with these goals.
Teaching was not my first career. Six years ago, I left a rewarding career in manufacturing to pursue a long-held desire to become a special education teacher. I began my new career as a paraprofessional in a high-needs special education setting at East Ridge High School. After a couple of years of working as a paraprofessional, I earned my master's degree and teaching license in special education. Within a few months, I was offered a teaching position in the summer of 2020 and worked as a center-based special education teacher for the next three years at East Ridge.
Lastly, our school board members must represent a commitment to nonpartisanship. This election is not about selecting Democrat or Republican candidates; this election is about selecting candidates who puts interest of students first. As a school board member, I will embrace the spirit of a nonpartisan school board.
- Ensure that ALL students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. As parents, educators, and community members, we will prioritize our students' academic achievement and social-emotional well-being. Academic rigor and a challenging school curriculum will enable our students to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. At the same time, focusing on social-emotional learning will help them develop the self-awareness, self-management, and relationship skills necessary to be productive students and citizens. These aspects will ensure that ALL students meet the high expectations and standards that will prepare them for college or career readiness. I will advocate for sound district policies and practices that foster academic
- Increase efforts to make school leaders visible and accessible to students, staff, and parents. Our administrative team's time and expertise are precious; we should not waste it in meetings that do not add direct value to our students. Our leaders need to be in close contact with our students. I seek to support our administrators with sound district policy to enable them to spend more time building relationships with students, parents, and school staff. Our school leadership needs to be observing and engaging our children to ensure we are meeting their needs.
- Prioritize dramatic improvements in school attendance and participation. The pandemic had a devastating effect on our routines, and those effects are still with us today. We must reestablish our routines and get back to predictable school schedules. Many parents, students, school staff, and administrators have gradually accepted poor attendance as a norm. We must change this mindset because our truancy accountability systems (our county's ability to enforce state law) are stressed to the breaking point. We will commit our collective efforts to ensure students are at school and in their classrooms.
None. In keeping with the spirit of nonpartisan local school board participation, I pledge not to solicit or accept any campaign contributions or endorsements from any organizations or special interest groups.
Lutheran Social Services - Vasa. A residential home for children with special needs. I worked there from part time from 1991-1998.
Skylab crashing to earth. I think I was 5 years old.
My father. He was a kind and humble person that was unafraid to say I'm sorry, I messed up, and I love you.
To represent the best interests of the community.
Members of the South Washington community.
Our administrative team's time and expertise are precious; we should not waste it in meetings that do not add direct value to our students. Our leaders need to be in close contact with our students. I seek to support our administrators with sound district policy to enable them to spend more time building relationships with students, parents, and school staff. Our school leadership needs to be observing and engaging our children to ensure we are meeting their needs.
South Washington County has a great diversity of cultures and communities that contain valuable, but underutilized, experience and knowledge that can support our district equity efforts. We will do more to embrace these valuable resources.
Promote from within, invest in grow-your-own programs.
One were all students feel welcomed in schoo.
Good teachers enjoy working with children. Teacher evaluation is a complex process. My approach is novel, I would seek to form relationships with teacher union leadership to ensure that we are placing our best teachers in front of the students with most complex need.
American history should discuss our successes, and failures, and a country.
Ensure that levy and bond requests are accurate and clearly stated. I would like to see school leaders present annual cost saving projects to enable investment in other areas.
A strong school culture is built upon meaningful relationships between students, parents, and school staff - strong school cultures begets safe learning environments for our children. We must commit to strengthening these relationships and make them the foundation of our district safety policy.
In addition to exploring physical security upgrades and enhanced collaboration with local law enforcement, I will use my position to strengthen SoWashCo's partnerships with local law enforcement by leveraging the knowledge and experience of our school resource officers (SROs) - these are valuable resources.
We must do more to support the development of strong mental health in our children; improving access to school social workers and other supports are critical investments that we must make.
We should have opened our schools to in-person learning at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. Follow the Centers of Disease Control and Infection, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recommendations regarding school reopening decisions.
Create strong and clear guidelines for student smartphone usage. Our current phone use policy is not working; without a clear and enforceable smartphone policy, we will continue to fail our students and our educators. Considerable learning time is lost in the management of student phone use in class. Our district has made significant capital investments to provide technology to students that exceeds that of a smartphone and technology offered by many or our neighboring school districts - our children are accessible via school technology. We must use this research and data, along with input from staff and parents, to make critical decisions and enact policy.
To make decisions that align with the interests of the the community.
"Think Again," by Adam Grant
I am humble and willing to work with others to make important policy decisions.
School. Learning has also been a labor intensive activity for me; however, it never stopped me from becoming a life long learner.
"It Never Entered My Mind," by Miles Davis. Great whistling song.
"tuesdays with Morrie," by Mitch Albom. No such thing as too much love.
Why don't crows every get hit by cars? Because there's always another crow close by saying "Ca Ca."
Huckleberry Finn
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[1] ↑ Submitted to Ballotpedia's candidate survey in 2023.
