Friday Oct 14, 2016
Flaunt! Build Your Dreams, Live Your Sparkle with Lora Cheadle
Shawna Fritzler ~ Support Jeffco Kids With the elections looming, it feels like nobody out there cares about the truth, facts or collaborating in order to accomplish common goals. Everything is focused on the Nation, and how things will be drastically different if one candidate wins or loses. Contrary to popular belief, did you know that local politicians and local government agencies, such as school boards and county commissions have a much larger impact on our daily life? In fact, over the last several years there have been national special interest groups who run for local offices and boards, thereby politicizing entities that shouldn't be politicized. Several school boards across the country have recently had these "outsider, special interest" candidates elected onto their boards simply because the voting public was unaware of who they were and what they stood for. This very thing happened to the Jefferson County Colorado School Board, but fortunately there were some alert, intelligent moms out there who took notice and decided to make a change. One of these women was Shawna Fritzler. When she kept hearing about how much money the schools wasted, she decided to get a copy of the budget and analyze it for herself. She was shocked to discover that money in fact was not being wasted, and to the contrary, the school district was grossly underfunded. This led her to challenge politicians on both sides of the aisle, challenging everyone to leave politics out of school funding and to base everything instead on what was best for students. It became her mission to read all the information on both sides of the issues, and to educate everyone she could about anything that had to do with the schools and children in general. The American public school system is truly the first building block in our society. Without an educated population, a democracy cannot stand. Without education, mental health support, safely and nutrition, the United States cannot flourish, nor can it remain competitive globally. Because Shawna felt so strongly about this, she took matters into her own hands and created an organization called Support Jeffco Kids. This organization is a place where everyone who supports public education can gather, share facts, discuss ideas and work together for the common good of all students. Even though it focuses on Jefferson County Colorado, the issues faces are the same in every school district, anywhere in the United States.