{"id":2936,"date":"2017-04-28T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2017-04-28T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T19:00:10","slug":"kimberly-mills-booker-candidate-for-school-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2936","title":{"rendered":"Kimberly Mills-Booker, candidate for School Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Below please find Kimberly Mills-Booker&#8217;s Candidate Information Sheet,<br \/>\nexactly as submitted, for one of the two School Committee seats.<\/p>\n<p>Name :                                    Kimberly Mills Booker<br \/>\nOffice Seeking:                       School Committee<br \/>\nAddress:                                  171 Maplewood Drive, Hanover, MA<br \/>\nTelephone number:                 781-829-1164<br \/>\nLength of Residency:              9 years<\/p>\n<p>Please list relevant experience (education, vocation, etc.) you feel will<br \/>\nbe useful in the office you are seeking.<\/p>\n<p>Being a tax payer and a parent with children in the schools, I have a<br \/>\nvested interest in making Hanover Schools the very best place for educating<br \/>\nour children.<\/p>\n<p>I have my law degree and have devoted my practice to helping others &#8211;<br \/>\nincluding working for the Legal Assistance Corporation in the Family Law<br \/>\nUnit and my current work in private practice.<\/p>\n<p>Since moving to Hanover, I have been very involved in our town and schools.<br \/>\n I am a den mom for the cub scouts, I teach CCD, and volunteer to help in<br \/>\nthe schools with the yearbook and talent show. I am an active board member<br \/>\nof the Hanover Club.  <\/p>\n<p>I have been a member of the school committee for the last three years.  On<br \/>\nthe school committee I have chaired the reconfiguration subcommittee and<br \/>\nthe special education subcommittee.  I am also a member of the Center<br \/>\nSchool Building Committee.     I have a valuable understanding of the role<br \/>\nof our schools in the town, as well as the importance of strong<br \/>\nrelationships between school and town officials.   <\/p>\n<p>What are the major issues confronting the town which involve your office?<br \/>\nPlease express your opinion on these issues and how you propose to deal<br \/>\nwith them.<\/p>\n<p>There is a great deal of public trust when electing members to school<br \/>\ncommittee.  Hanover has been very fortunate to have amazing committee<br \/>\nmembers who have guided Hanover in a positive direction; I want to continue<br \/>\nthis trajectory.  The committee has a good working relationship with the<br \/>\nSuperintendent.  We communicate well with each other and the members of the<br \/>\nschools administration.   <\/p>\n<p>I have been working for the last five years on the Center School Project.<br \/>\nI want to see this project through the next phase. It will be a showpiece<br \/>\nof Hanover and a valuable resource for all of Hanover\u2019s children.  <\/p>\n<p>Why are you running for this office?<\/p>\n<p>Like many parents, the quality of our school system was one of the main<br \/>\nreasons my husband, Michael, and I have decided to raise our children here.<br \/>\nI am running reelection because I am committed to continuing our tradition<br \/>\nof academic excellence in Hanover.  We have been fortunate to have school<br \/>\nsystem and school committee that has strong track record of leadership and<br \/>\nI would like to continue in that tradition.<\/p>\n<p>For &#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221;,<br \/>\nCathy H-B<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221; (&#8220;ATOTW&#8221;) has been a valued push notification<br \/>\nsince the spring of 2004 &#8211; long before there were push notifications!<\/p>\n<p>For submission guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions<br \/>\nabout &#8220;ATOTW&#8221;, please go to http:\/\/www.atotw.com.<br \/>\nTo search for archived &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; news, view the archive<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be added to this distribution list, click here<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nPlease follow the link in the response e-mail to validate your<br \/>\naccount. 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