To the editor:<\/p>\n
I had a phone interview with Deb Jordan, a candidate for School Board District 4 in the upcoming Nov. 3 General Election.<\/p>\n
After years\u00a0serving in the Lee County School District, I\u2019ve\u00a0 learned one thing for certain: good decisions, start with listening, asking hard questions and remember who we work for our students, families, teachers and community.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had the opportunity to serve as chair and vice chair, visit schools\u00a0 across our district, sit in classrooms, talk with teachers\u00a0and staff, and see first hand what is working and where we need to do better.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve seen the difference that investing in our schools can make-from school expansions, rebuilding aging\u00a0facilities\u00a0to expand\u00a0Career and Technical Education opportunities\u00a0and strengthening\u00a0partnerships\u00a0that support students and families.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve learned that not every recommendation deserves an automatic\u00a0\u201cyes.\u201d\u00a0 When taxpayer\u00a0dollars are involved, the School Board has a responsibility to ask questions , examine the numbers and make sure the money is being spent where it matters most, in our classrooms and on the people who serves our children every day,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Experience has taught\u00a0me that the government\u00a0is not about having all the answers.\u00a0 It\u2019s about being willing to listen, do the homework, ask hard\u00a0questions and sometimes stand alone when you believe\u00a0it is the right thing to do. That is the experience and perspective I will continue to bring to the School Board.<\/p>\n
Vote, Vote, vote by mail and participate in this very important election, Nov. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kathleen Callard\u00a0<\/p>\n
North Fort Myers, District 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To the editor: I had a phone interview with Deb Jordan, a candidate for School Board District 4…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-403244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}