Dawn Zimmer Officially Endorses Kids First

ZIMMER ENDORSES KIDS FIRST SLATE

Councilwoman Dawn Zimmer today endorsed the Kids First Slate of Theresa Minutillo, Maureen Sullivan and Ruth McAllister in the upcoming April 21st School Board election. Zimmer said, "Theresa, Maureen and Ruth are committed to the changes we need in our schools. They strongly support focusing more resources on the classroom to help our kids learn and cutting back administrative overhead in order to accomplish this important goal."

Dawn Zimmer noted that this will be an especially important School Board election. "The next School Board will face new challenges due to the continuing fiscal crisis, which could be made worse by a potential reduction of Abbott Funding", said Zimmer. "We need dedicated School Board members who will work hard to do more with less", Zimmer added.

Councilwoman Zimmer encouraged all Hoboken voters, no matter who they plan to support to vote in the school board election. According to Zimmer, less than 4,000 people voted in the last school board election as opposed to 22,000 who voted in the 2008 Presidential election."Thirty percent of our property tax dollars go to the schools and it is critical that we ensure every dollar is well spent", said Zimmer.

My Comment: Dawn is the first Mayoral Candidate to officially endorse a BOE slate. We will have to wait and see if other Mayoral or City Council candidates endorse either BOE slate.

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Dawn Zimmer Officially Endorses Kids First