{"id":800423,"date":"2019-10-16T17:49:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T23:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373062"},"modified":"2019-10-16T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T23:49:39","slug":"miranda-fisher-experience-in-early-childhood-education-will-be-an-asset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/miranda-fisher-experience-in-early-childhood-education-will-be-an-asset\/","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Fisher: Experience in early childhood education will be an asset"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-fisher-sdn-101719.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-fisher-sdn-101719.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-fisher-sdn-101719-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-fisher-sdn-101719-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-fisher-sdn-101719-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><figcaption><strong>Miranda Fisher<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Occupation: Always Mountain Time general manager<\/li>\n<li>Hometown: Keystone<\/li>\n<li>Years in Summit County: 6<\/li>\n<li>Family: husband, Ben Fisher<\/li>\n<li>Civic involvement: The Summit Chamber executive committee\/board member, Summit Advocates of Victims of Assault volunteer call-taker and board member, Christ Lutheran Church council member, Open Arms Preschool board member, Make a Difference Day chairperson and coordinator, Precinct Committee Person, Summit Choral Society board member, Keystone Citizens League board member, PeaceMakers presenter at Summit elementary schools, Breckenridge Ambassadors volunteer coordinator, and Census 2020 Complete Count Committee member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am a passionate community connector with a zest for<br \/>\nvolunteerism and making a difference in my community. During the past six<br \/>\nyears, living in Summit County, I\u2019ve recognized that nearly every problem can<br \/>\nbe solved by getting people together, asking questions and forming a common<br \/>\ngoal. Our impact together is great, and our mountain community can move mountains.<br \/>\nMy volunteer\/board experience and connections to community legislators,<br \/>\ninfluencers, and movers and shakers would make me a tremendous asset to the<br \/>\nSummit School District board of education. When I first moved to Summit County<br \/>\nI taught preschool at Little Red Schoolhouse and Timberline Learning Center. I<br \/>\nwas battling cancer, and the job I had moved across the country for had been<br \/>\neliminated. Needless to say, it was a dark time. This is my typical trajectory:<br \/>\nWhenever I\u2019ve needed a boost in self-esteem and comfort, I\u2019ve gone back to<br \/>\nearly childhood education, each time taking so much from the experience and<br \/>\ngrowing immensely as a leader. It\u2019s about time I give back to education for the<br \/>\nlessons I\u2019ve been taught, and I can\u2019t think of a better way to do this than serving<br \/>\non the board of education. And when I say \u201cserving,\u201d I mean truly selflessly<br \/>\nserving and giving my all. I am at a point in my life where I can fully devote<br \/>\nmyself to our local children, parents, educators and community, and I am ready<br \/>\nfor the task.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recruit and retain high-quality educators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My first priority is to listen to our area families and<br \/>\neducators. Over the past few weeks of \u201ccampaigning,\u201d I\u2019ve been able to hear<br \/>\nfrom area educators and area families, and it\u2019s been an enlightening experience.<br \/>\nThere are many important issues facing our county, one of the most important<br \/>\nbeing recruitment and retention of high-quality educators. I believe there are<br \/>\ncreative options out there that can help us increase educator wages as well as<br \/>\npartnerships with Peak Health Alliance, Summit Prosperity Initiative and other<br \/>\ncommunity groups that can add to teacher benefit packages. Summit County is an<br \/>\namazing place to build a life, and our educators and staff deserve that<br \/>\nopportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Value social and emotional learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am honored to live in a school district that places strong<br \/>\nvalue on social and emotional learning. I believe that we can continue to lean<br \/>\ninto that as a district and continue creating caring learners. It is my<br \/>\npriority in all aspects of my life to create caring communities where all voices<br \/>\nare heard and all people are valued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vote in support of health, education funding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, my current passions surrounding education can be seen on the ballot. I am in strong support of 1A to raise taxes on tobacco, nicotine and vaping products. I wholeheartedly support 4A to allow our county to collect funds to benefit mental health programs while attracting and retaining quality educators. I will vote yes on Proposition CC to help fix our broken education funding system, yes on 7A to expand Colorado Mountain College, and I will vote to fill all four vacancies on our school board. We have the power to visualize our future as a county and make it a reality. One of my strongest skill sets involves seeing the big picture, while honing in on details and needs.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love for my name to be filled in on your ballot in November, but most importantly, I encourage you to vote with your heart and vote for what\u2019s best for Summit County. We have the power to make social change together, and often it starts with one person and one simple vote.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><em>Find more election coverage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/election\/\">SummitDaily.com\/election<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/miranda-fisher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miranda FisherCourtesy photo Occupation: Always Mountain Time general manager Hometown: Keystone Years in Summit County: 6 Family: husband, Ben Fisher Civic involvement: The Summit Chamber executive committee\/board member, Summit Advocates of Victims of Assault volunteer call-taker and board member, Christ Lutheran Church council member, Open Arms Preschool board member, Make a Difference Day chairperson and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-800423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 04:02:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}