Elizabeth's Platform For Murray's Schools
- Expand early childhood education, and quality on-site child care programs
- Expand K-6 language immersion programs
- Healthy school lunches, including whole grains and options for those with food allergies and dietary restrictions
- Smaller class sizes
- Start times after 8:30 a.m. for junior high & high school students
- Implementing teacher retention programs
- Supporting art and music programs
- Support for counselors, psychologists, and social workers in all schools, as well as peer counseling programs
- Expanding tech classes (teaching kids to code, etc.)
- Goal of 100% of high school students earning an associate’s degree with a high school diploma
- Increase certifications, apprenticeships, and internships
- Reinstate school busses with comprehensive drop off plans for all schools
- Expand magnet schools and gifted and talented programs
- Expand community education classes
- Address issues with Common Core by holding parent-night math classes and by supporting parents who wish to opt their children out of high stakes testing
- IEPs (Individualized Education Programs) for all: Individualized learning plans based on interest and ability
- Embracing student diversity
- Supporting environmental programs at each school including composting, recycling, gardening, turning off all possible electronics over the weekends and long breaks, solar installation, idle-free
- Implementing "share tables" to reduce food waste
- Offering 21st Century "life skills" courses