Public education is the great equalizer and what will keep Massachusetts competitive. Today's children are tomorrow's adults. Education is the foundation of good citizenship. Yet, many teachers are forced to use their own money to buy classroom supplies. The student to teacher ratio of often too high. Special education and IEPs are important and they strains local budgets. We are in need of new high school and the sooner we get one the better off our students will be, and we also need more teachers to fill the classrooms of the existing or new school and bring down the large class sizes we currently have.

• I support the proposal for the new high school, and if funding is approved by the voters will take all measures as mayor to make sure it is built.
• I will end the pattern of education appropriations that centered around the minimum state requirement, unless a crisis occurs, and replace it with a consistent amount of funding, significantly above NSS that the school system can depend on to improve education.

Some of my education related accomplishments include:

• successfully advocating in 2016 (for FY17) that the state education budget use the Senate's $125 million of additional education money added the state budget education line item (instead of the House's $100 million). This resulted in an additional $200,000 coming to Attleboro schools in 2016.
• cosponsoring legislation in 2014 to revive the Foundation Budget Review Commission
• pushing through the legislature a $38 million bond bill for internet infrastructure upgrades at 600 schools in Massachusetts between 2013-2014
• bringing the Commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to Attleboro for a discussion of PARCC in 2013, a first for Attleboro. 
• writing a 1172 word column in the Sun Chronicle explaining the issues surrounding state education funding in 2016
• visiting the various schools to talk about prisons, North Korea, animals or any other topics I am invited to speak about.

In my elections for State Representative, I was recommended by the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and endorsed by the American Federation of Teachers.