Walk down any street in Brockton and ask a family how they feel about our schools, and you’ll hear frustration: “We keep paying more, but nothing gets better.” Parents are sacrificing every day—working overtime, cutting back on groceries, stretching every paycheck—while City Hall and the school department keep running deficits and hiding the truth.

Now, instead of fixing the waste, they plan to raise your taxes—by inflating home values—just to cover their own mistakes. That’s not just bad management. That’s betrayal.

The Problem in Brockton

• Deficits, year after year. The school department is underwater again, and instead of fixing root problems, bureaucrats shuffle papers and kick the can.
• No transparency. Parents and taxpayers are handed dense reports and rushed approvals that hide where the money is really going.
• More bureaucracy, fewer results. Administrators protect their own salaries and pet projects while classrooms go without.

This is why families feel like the system is broken—because it is.

Why Accountability Matters

Every wasted dollar means fewer teachers in classrooms, fewer after-school programs, fewer resources for kids. A recent analysis found that financial transparency and leadership competence accounted for two-thirds of successful school budget management. Without it, waste is guaranteed. And when parents lose trust in school spending—as surveys show nearly half of Americans already have—it becomes harder to support even the essentials.

The result? Higher taxes, declining trust, and kids left behind.

My Plan for Accountability

As your Ward 1 School Committee member, I will fight for:

1. Zero-Based Budgeting. Every dollar must be justified from zero—not rubber-stamped year after year.
2. Transparent Reports Parents Can Read. No jargon. Budgets should be posted online in plain English, with every major expense visible.
3. Quarterly Oversight. Parents and taxpayers will see where the money goes—before it’s gone.
4. End the Bureaucrats’ Free Ride. No raises, no renewals for administrators who hide deficits or bury spending.

This isn’t about politics. It’s about responsibility.

Honest Leadership for Honest Results

Brockton families work too hard to keep subsidizing a broken system. You sacrifice. You pay your taxes. You do your part. It’s time schools did theirs.

Fiscal accountability isn’t about numbers—it’s about kids. Because every wasted dollar is a child shortchanged.

On Election Day, demand transparency. Demand accountability. Demand leadership that puts kids—not bureaucrats—first.

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My opponent has the Mayor, big money, and the city’s political machine. I have you.

We proved in the preliminary that grassroots beats big money — now we need to finish the job.

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