School Committee members aren't the only people you should scrutinize before you cast your ballots for the candidates who will fight for the best education possible for our kids. Since around half the city budget goes for education, our city councilmen have a direct influence on Lynn's educational dollar.
When you factor in the added cost for policing vandalism, drugs, gangs, and other related malfeasance that result from the failures of our educational system, that percentage grows. Behavior has to be learned. It is up to us to decide what is taught.
If we hope to teach our kids that they are responsible for their actions then we must show them that we are responsible for ours. We must hold the value of education high and hold all of our elected officials to that value.
Everyone and everything matters. That is why we need not give the candidates for city council a "homework pass" when it comes to our children's education. We need to check their answers for Lynn's education. We can't afford anymore remedial learning.
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