Ed Hughes, writing in the Capital Times:

The most important qualifications for a School Board member today are a willingness and ability to grapple with the budget challenges our schools confront under the state’s ill-advised school funding laws.
School Board members will have to think boldly and creatively about how best to preserve the quality of education our students deserve under the limits the law sets. While committed to excellence, they should also be independent and tight-fisted enough to win the confidence of taxpayers.
Unfortunately, our current School Board majority has been a disappointment on budgetary issues. As the results of the last referendums show, the current board has been unable to earn the trust of the voters.

We need a change in direction. That’s why I support Lucy Mathiak and Maya Cole. They would help form a School Board majority that could bring a fresh and critical approach to the budgetary challenges and, when referendums prove necessary, help persuade the city’s voters to provide the resources our schools need to excel.
Ed Hughes
Madison