Reid Goldstein

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Reid Goldstein

Prior offices

Arlington Public Schools, At-large

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Education

Bachelor's

State University of New York, Brockport

Graduate

Johns Hopkins University

Personal

Profession

Strategic planner

Contact

Personal Facebook

Reid Goldstein is an at-large representative on the Arlington School Board in Virginia. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. Reid Goldstein won the general election on November 3, 2015.

Biography

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Goldstein graduated from the State University of New York at Brockport in 1981 with a B.A. in political science. He later earned an M.A. in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in 1990. Goldstein works as a strategic planner for private sector and federal government clients. He has volunteered time with the district's Family Network, Advisory Council on Instruction and Strategic Planning Committee. Goldstein and his wife have children who attended district schools.

Elections

2015

See also: Arlington Public Schools elections (2015)

Opposition

The Arlington School Board consists of five at-large members who serve staggered four-year terms. The board is officially nonpartisan, though there is a history of candidates receiving party endorsements. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 3, 2015. One seat was up for election in 2015.

The seat of incumbent Abigail J. Raphael was up for election for a four-year term. Reid Goldstein won the seat, defeating Brooklyn Kinlay.

Results

Arlington School Board, At-large, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Reid Goldstein	78.1%	24,770
Brooklyn Kinlay	19.9%	6,299
Write-in votes	2.09%	662
Total Votes		31,731
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November Results" accessed November 3, 2015

Funding

Goldstein reported $33,340.70 in contributions and $29,627.53 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $3,713.17 on hand as of October 28, 2015.

Endorsements

Goldstein received official endorsements from the Arlington County Democratic Committee, American Education Association PAC, County Board Chair Mary Hynes and former school board member Ed Fendley.

Campaign themes

2015

Candidate website

Goldstein's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:

“	Curriculum Achievement Gap and Inclusion - The school system must provide the resources to enable high achievement for all students and equal access to all programs. I will raise the profile of this issue within APS and the community and devote more resources to it. Promoting STEM disciplines - I will strengthen partnerships with local academia, businesses, and government to promote STEM interest and education, with a particular sensitivity to engaging more girls and young women. FLES - Our students will enter a global environment that demands much greater cross-cultural fluency. I will promote instruction of foreign languages at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Infrastructure Facility investments - Building new schools is not the only facility planning we must do. I will increase the focus on facility investments to assure students are in safe facilities that are in good repair. School safety - APS’s first duty to the Arlington community is to assure school safety without fail. I will establish protocols to address all aspects of school safety. In particular, traffic and pedestrian safety around schools and bus stops must be addressed by APS in partnership with the County and our neighborhoods. Teacher Compensation - The community has high expectations for skilled and effective teachers and school staff, and in return the community must respect and support them. I will not balance the schools budget on the backs of the teachers. Integration of technology - Software and hardware are changing our lives at a dizzying rate. I will work to set effective investment limits, mesh curriculum goals with new technologies and platforms, and insure that we effectively integrate, deploy and support the technology we buy. Securing Our Future Student population projections - Projections are at the heart of investment decisions. I will insure greater transparency for projections and elevate the state-of-the-practice. We need to have both immediate (three- to six-year) and long-term projections. Planning beyond the projections - We must identify programs that APS will adopt in coming years. I will make better long-term planning a priority. Early Childhood Education - This is a great investment in our students’ future. I will maintain the community’s commitment to early childhood education.	”
—Reid Goldstein, (2015),

Recent news

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See also

• Arlington Public Schools, Virginia
• Arlington Public Schools elections (2015)
• Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
• What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)

External links

Suggest a link

• Arlington Public Schools
• 2015 campaign website
• 2015 campaign Facebook page