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The reason I am doing so at this particular moment is that I am seeking to become a JCPS teacher, ideally to begin before the first day of school. As you know, I am not legally permitted to work for the district as a member of the Jefferson County Board of Education.  \nBeing entrusted by voters to serve on the board during some of the most tumultuous times in the history of JCPS is a privilege for which I will be forever grateful. Over the last seven and one-half years, I have had the honor of helping to:  \n● bring an end to the disastrous administration of Dr. Donna Hargens,  \n● hire the best superintendent JCPS has ever had,  \n● successfully fight the all-out assault on JCPS by former Gov. Matt Bevin and the Republican-led state legislature,  \n● eliminate school roles for outside police agencies unequipped to work with children,● implement restorative practices to foster safer and saner schools for teachers and  \nstudents,  \n● spearhead work to significantly increase JCPS’ main source of revenue (property taxes) ,  \n● guide the district through a global pandemic in a way that ensured academic success while saving lives,  \n● provide meaningful pay raises for staff,  \n● adopt a more equitable and fair student assignment plan,  \n● provide unprecedented levels of funding for high-poverty schools,  \n● adopt needs-based budgeting to further support students with more challenges,● repeatedly stand up for LGBTQ+ students and staff, and  \n● bring about many more changes that will positively benefit children, families, teachers, staff, businesses, and the broader community for decades to come.  \nHowever, two other accomplishments stand out above all this. During my time on the board JCPS has invested more resources in school board district one than we have in the other six  \nKolb Resignation, p. 2  \nboard districts combined. While this does not make up for decades of underinvestment in West Louisville, it is an unprecedented level of commitment to this community.  \nSecondly, in adopting the recent goals and guardrails, the board has officially stated that we believe state test scores are a fundamentally flawed metric and all but useless in determining student success and future life outcomes. I don’t know any other school district who has taken such a bold and unambiguous stance against a state testing model whose main purpose is simply to further stigmatize kids who grow up in poverty and the schools that serve them.  \nI initially sought a third term to further entrench this work, to fight for more revenue and higher wages to stem the staffing crisis, to ensure JCPS more rapidly implemented restorative practices to eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline, and to improve services to multilingual learners, who are the future of JCPS.  \nAs you know, over the last few years I have been extremely frustrated by the board’s failure to raise the revenue needed to address the staffing crisis and by the board’s refusal to take responsibility for the challenges this has created, including the transportation debacle on the first day of school in 2023. Instead, the board has sought to lay sole responsibility at the feet of Dr Pollio despite Dr. Pollio warning the board of the staffing crisis for several years.  \nAfter four years of work, I led the effort to raise the property tax rate to 80.6 cents in 2020. The two of you deserve credit for voting for this increase. We then had to fight a months-long court battle to collect this revenue. Sadly, since that time, and during the most significant staffing crisis JCPS has ever faced, the board has lowered the tax rate to only 76 cents. While we have maintained a commitment to","cbCaiijYFR33oyTv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiijYFR33oyTv","pdf",58295,"English","# Resignation Notice\n## Reason for Resignation\n## Prior Board Achievements\n## Concerns About Staffing Crisis and Tax Rate","[{\"question\":\"What concerns does the author raise about the board’s handling of the staffing crisis?\",\"answer\":\"The author criticizes the board for not raising sufficient revenue, lowering the tax rate in 2023, and not evaluating leadership based on specific student outcomes.\"}]","Board Resignation Letter - Resigning from the Jefferson County Board of Education | PDF",1789516966]