Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I am delighted to feature a reprint of the Woman’s Club
Candidate’s Night bio sheets for some of the candidates for
town-wide office over the next several days. Read on and become an
educated voter! The election will be held next Saturday, May 12th from
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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*Candidate Information Sheet*
Name: Peter White
Office Seeking: School Committee
Address: 84 Summer St.
Telephone Number: 781 878-6448
Length of Residency: 18 years
*Please list relevant experience (education, vocation, etc.) you feel
will be useful in the office you are seeking.*
My wife and I have two children in the Hanover School system.
I work in the software development arena for a worldwide financial
company where I see on a daily basis the skill sets our children will
need to compete in a global economy.
*What are the major issues confronting the town which involve your
office? Please express your opinion on these issues and how you
propose to deal with them.*
The Hanover school system lacks educational consistency. Hanover’s
MCAS scores show a competitive system when compared to surrounding
towns. However Hanover students’ SAT and AP scores fall below state
average, and fall behind most of our neighbors. The last publicly
available AP test results show more students fail than pass the exam.
I question how the system uses technology. A question I should have
pursued 11 years ago when I volunteered for the School Technology
Committee. At the initial meeting, the technology director excitedly
explained to me how the school system had 1000 computers all wired to
the Internet. I asked what the computer equipment was used for. The
response, “Good question, it’s something we’d like to find
out”.
Flash-forward to the present, what are the computers used for in the
classroom? Does the school system really need 1200 computers?
*Why are you running for office? *
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I want to correct the system’s failure to properly educate our youth
in what’s needed for today’s workplace.
I don’t believe the answer is giving the school system more money.
The school system has the money. It’s a matter of allocating it
correctly. I’ve compared Hanover schools spending against
surrounding towns, and found our administrative costs exceed state
average, and those of surrounding towns.
Please visit http://www.pwforsc.org
for more details.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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