Jason Olive

I am a CUSD parent and I am running for the board because I want to support the district and to do something positive for our community.

• I want to support teachers.
• I want schools that are great.
• Our schools are vital to our community.

I am not an activist that wants to change a bunch of things. I want to help our teachers and parents. I believe that the district leadership has been good and we can work on the challenges that exist together.

I look up to my father in law. He was one of the most patient people that I have known.

Being there with service as the priority.

Empathy

To listen, to be fair, and to be patient.

To have done a good job and left things better.

I remember driving past the lines of people waiting in line for gas during the 1970s fuel crisis.

I worked for my dad's construction company when I was a kid. That lasted until I was in college. It was one of the most character-building jobs that I have ever had.

To oversee the business and policies of the district.

Parents that want to have a good school system.

By trying to understand the points of view of different people and by trying to be as fair as possible.

We need to work to increase the awareness in our community that we can pressure the state to value public education.

Once our kids get out of elementary school a lot of the opportunities to volunteer go away and we need to work on ways to change that.

The makeup of the district employees should match as closely as possible to the demographics of the whole community. That is not always going to be possible in practice so myself and the other board members are going to have to figure out how much district funds and time to spend on it. There will always be a point where we will have to make a judgment call and spend the time and energy on kids instead.

The teachers are the experts on the obstacles to education. We should listen to them and value their opinions.

I am not an expert on curriculum. I will have to learn as much as possible about it and trust the advice of the people that do it every day.

Technology for sure but we rely on that a a fallback answer. The kids still need problem solving and interpersonal skills that they are loosing with their heads in the internet.

Our high school course lists are bigger than lots of community college offerings. There is an incredible amount of diversity and specialization that is possible.

I think the specialized curriculum are pretty good. The problem for many kids is finding the specialties that they want to go in to from the beginning of high school. Many of those things now are four year courses that the kids may not like the next year.

There are lots of smart people working on this every day and they don't have it figured out. I think that it comes down to priorities and how much we want to sacrifice for a good system.

Protecting students is basic to the mission. I don't however think that making schools feel like prisons is going to make everything perfect. We need to be honest about what works and what just makes us feel better.

I am not a mental health person so I would need to rely on advice of experts on this subject.

Tech is going to keep getting more incorporated into everything we do. The district is going to have to keep investing in it.