{"id":68146,"date":"2016-05-06T19:09:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T23:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68146"},"modified":"2016-05-06T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:15:26","slug":"opinion-clark-tanner-seeks-support-for-school-board-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68146","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Clark-Tanner seeks support for school board seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=68147\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68147\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-68147\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/photo.jpg\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>To the MCS Voters:<\/p>\n<p>My name is Stephanie Clark-Tanner. I am a lifelong resident of the Madison Central School District, and a 1989\u00a0graduate of MCS. My grandfather, Bazil Ames, was the school\u2019s first supervising principal, and my family, from my\u00a0grandparents right down to my own children &#8211; have attended this school. As such, it holds a very special place in my\u00a0heart.<\/p>\n<p>When I first ran for the Board of Education four years ago, I did so with one purpose in mind &#8211; to create an\u00a0environment that was the best possible place for children to learn and grow, including my own. We were facing trying\u00a0times due to the economic hardships our entire <!--more-->nation faced in 2009. As part of the school board, I hoped I could help\u00a0turn our district around for our students, faculty and staff. Over the course of four years, the gains and the growth\u00a0made by our district have exceeded my expectations.<\/p>\n<p>With the addition of our distance-learning lab, we are now able to offer students numerous advanced courses.\u00a0Because of this, many of our students will graduate with enough credits to satisfy the requirements of a two-year\u00a0college degree. Grant funding received this year will allow us to create a second distance-learning lab, providing more opportunities for our\u00a0students. We have also created a full-day pre-kindergarten, which has helped our\u00a0youngest students have the opportunity for enhanced socialization, learning, and growing, as well as a summer\u00a0enrichment program for K-8 students.<\/p>\n<p>I am proud to serve my community on the MCS Board of Education, and I\u2019m proud of the growth our school has seen\u00a0over the last four years. We have made great strides in improving programming, our building, and our sense of\u00a0community; all while keeping in mind the taxation and fiscal health of our district. My hope is to bring our school\u00a0district to its full fruition, and truly make our school the heart of our community. My sincere thanks for your support.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Clark-Tanner,\u00a0Center Road,\u00a0Madison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the MCS Voters: My name is Stephanie Clark-Tanner. I am a lifelong resident of the Madison Central School District, and a 1989\u00a0graduate of MCS. My grandfather, Bazil Ames, was the school\u2019s first supervising principal, and my family, from my\u00a0grandparents right down to my own children &#8211; have attended this school. As such, it holds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23678,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letterstotheeditor","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}