{"id":800501,"date":"2019-10-18T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373193"},"modified":"2019-10-18T14:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:45:19","slug":"brooke-shotts-school-board-next-step-in-journey-of-volunteerism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/brooke-shotts-school-board-next-step-in-journey-of-volunteerism\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooke Shotts: School board next step in journey of volunteerism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-shotts-sdn-102119-1024x699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-shotts-sdn-102119-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-shotts-sdn-102119-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/col-shotts-sdn-102119-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Brooke Shotts<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Occupation: freelance graphic designer at Lasergraphics<\/li>\n<li>Hometown: Oakdale, Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>Years in Summit County: 18<\/li>\n<li>Family: husband, Carlin; two sons, Zephyr and Wentzle; dog, PoppySeed<\/li>\n<li>Civic involvement: Carriage House board member, Level 3 classroom volunteer, Breckenridge Elementary Building Advisory Committee member, Summit Middle School Building Advisory Committee member, Summit Middle School parent teacher organization and Junior Achievers volunteer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My kids and passion for education have been the driving<br \/>\nforce of my volunteering for the past 11 years. For me, running for Summit<br \/>\nSchool District school board is the next step in my journey. Being elected to<br \/>\nthe school board would combine these two passions and put me in a position to<br \/>\nmake a difference. I want to be more active and engaged in making decisions<br \/>\nthat support all of our students, our district and, ultimately, our community. With<br \/>\ntwo kids currently in the district, I see the effects of the decisions the<br \/>\nschool board makes every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Priority No. 1: Better pay for teachers and support staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In order to create high-quality education, we need to retain<br \/>\nthe teachers we have so we can create strength and continuity in the<br \/>\nrelationships between teachers, students, parents and community members. With a<br \/>\nteacher shortage upon us, we also need to recruit the most qualified educators<br \/>\navailable. This can be accomplished by offering a livable wage, housing<br \/>\nassistance and enticing them with our small-town charm. We all know that Summit<br \/>\nCounty is a great place to live and raise kids, which is why we stay. We need<br \/>\nto extend that same opportunity to current local teachers and future teachers<br \/>\nto come. Which would allow them to focus on what they love, which is teaching<br \/>\nkids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Priority No. 2: Continue support for mental health and social emotional curriculum in classrooms\/schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe we need to be more active in identifying students<br \/>\nthat are most at risk with providing them with intervention strategies earlier<br \/>\nrather than later. By allowing more time for training of teachers and support<br \/>\nstaff, they will be able to effectively utilize social emotional curriculum and<br \/>\nhelp in identifying those kids at risk. Encouraging community participation<br \/>\n(for example: kids sports teams, clubs, etc.) in this process will reinforce<br \/>\nthe same behavior expectations to kids that they will have throughout their<br \/>\nlife. Creating mentally healthy kids allows them to focus and succeed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Priority No. 3: Wise spending<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I will be mindful and transparent in my approach to the<br \/>\nbudget so we get the best results we can keeping in mind what\u2019s best for kids.<br \/>\nSupporting initiatives like 4A and Proposition CC on the upcoming ballot give<br \/>\nour school district the fiscal room to fulfill some of the pressing needs in<br \/>\nthe county. I know the importance of periodically reevaluating spending to make<br \/>\nsure current needs are being met and make adjustments as needed. Utilizing<br \/>\ndollars to provide teachers the resources, tools and training to have the<br \/>\nfreedom to adjust curriculum to best suit the needs of all kids will help them<br \/>\nto achieve their fullest potential.<\/p>\n<p>It would be an honor to serve the kids, teachers and my<br \/>\ncommunity by becoming a member on the Summit County school board. Learn more at<br \/>\nshotts4tots.org.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/brooke-shotts-school-board-next-step-in-journey-of-volunteerism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooke ShottsCourtesy photo Occupation: freelance graphic designer at Lasergraphics Hometown: Oakdale, Minnesota Years in Summit County: 18 Family: husband, Carlin; two sons, Zephyr and Wentzle; dog, PoppySeed Civic involvement: Carriage House board member, Level 3 classroom volunteer, Breckenridge Elementary Building Advisory Committee member, Summit Middle School Building Advisory Committee member, Summit Middle School parent teacher [&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-800501","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 06:44:22","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\/800501","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=800501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}