Eugenia Schraa Huh*
for School Committee
(*Still rhymes with algebra.)
PLATFORM
[1.] Setting every child up to succeed after graduation —​
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High academic expectations — The racial achievement gap shows we aren’t serving all our students equitably. No easy fixes here, but it must be our focus.
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Celebrating & fostering academic effort — CPS must meet each child where they are.
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Expand the tutoring support program for students who are behind.
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Ensure instruction is ambitious, but at students' actual level, so they don't get discouraged.
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By the same token, allowing advanced learners to be bored (or "do sukoku"* in class) is wrong.
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It also send the message to all students that academic achievement is somehow a problem.
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* The Head of Math who publicly said kids ahead in math can “just do sudoku” remains at CPS.
[2.] Communication, feedback and community —​
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Equity — CPS must define this constantly-used term to mean raising our students up to a high bar.
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Stop justifying cutting programs or resources for "equity"'s sake; things may look better inside school walls, but the reality will become far less fair.
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​Communication & Feedback —
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Hold regular town halls.
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Every outgoing CPS newsletter should have a feedback section to hear from families.
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Teachers should be involved in developing and implementing policies. (The recent reading curriculum revamp was one good example.)
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Eugenia will hold weekly office hours if elected. ​
[3.] Safety & Wellness —​
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Get ahead of tech. CPS must develop strong, flexible, teacher-informed policies on cell phone-free learning and using AI for assignments.
LGBTQ wellness — This group’s mental health numbers rank lowest. Prioritize fixing them.
ICE preparedness — ICE has come to CPS before. With their newly increased funding, we must be prepared. We need a stronger, better-communicated policy —-
Each school should have it's own tailored plan (based on exits/entrances).
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All personnel, including bus drivers must be trained around ICE.
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Families should get calls directly about preparedness, especially if we see any attendance dips.
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Pilot safe walking and biking routes to school.
[4.] Particular programs —​
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Examining our Middle Schools — Are CPS "upper schools" working? How can we improve them and retain more of these students? We need to seriously examine where CPS can make changes.
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Diverse staff —
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Expand the free paraprofessional masters pilot that has brought us great hires.
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Particular attention to hiring men of color, as research shows they can have the biggest effect on the learning of male students of color.
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Expanding vocational education offerings.
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Immersion Schools & travel —
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Find ways to fund travel to countries that speak Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish. ​​
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Non-immersion students should also get to travel abroad — something FMA did for its students in years past. These are meaningful experiences that CPS should facilitate when families cannot.
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