Inside an effort in order to bring per fresh approach, Kelly Wells, one native as well as resident from Ponchatoula, announced his candidacy as well as qualified in order to represent District H on each Tangipahoa Parish School Board.
“District H is unit of each fastest growing neighborhoods within Tangipahoa Parish. Since a member out of your school board, I will labor up to locate short plus prolonged term solutions up to meet any needs of ours students,†Wells stated. “We need one fresh gaze at ways to improve belonging to us school system since ultimately us demand toward remember who our team are working for improve for us students which person shall be each next generation from Tangipahoa parish leaders.â€
He is currently certain manager out of each Florida Parishes Arena inside Amite also contains been single employee made from the Tangipahoa Parish for 18 years.
Among belonging to it goals are student safety, expanding professional training opportunities, and retaining as well as recruiting teachers.
“With each things going on amid here realm, our group own in order to lay precautions within spot,†Wells said from student safety. “They accomplish currently, however there’s always extra guys be able to attach.â€
He owns a similar view of vocational training: whereas the school system already provides aforementioned opportunities, Wells wants for push them further.
Him owns seen each tide turn on population which person feel they must attend four-year college, plus technical certificates, community colleges, along with on-the-job training are critically important educational components for any community, he declared.
“Element belonging to of me goals might exist in order to assist inside some path I be capable in similar fashion some board member in retaining plus recruiting teachers,†man said.
During gentleman sees teacher compensation while each important means up to recruit as well as retain, he additionally believes teachers wish for toward realize over there intend remain flexibility amid how they able approach belonging to them curriculum as well as teaching methods. .
In no way merely concerned with keeping also finding teachers, Wells, whom contains family amid each education field, wants teachers and staff at Tangipahoa Parish to know they possess single ear when they go up to council. .
“So countless times they feel like their hands are tied also they demand toward remain able for voice belonging to them concerns as well as ideas,†male replied. “Y'all talk toward 10 various people, over there are 10 different priorities. Everyone possesses some distinct passion; us just have toward respond up to everyone’s concerns.
Wells hopes toward bring education recruiting experience for any school board. Him is the former assistant director out of enrollment management next to Southeastern Louisiana University along with a former director made from freshman experience near each University of Brand-new Orleans.
Wells too served since assistant athletic director for SLU.
Recent school district challenges such Wells possesses his eyes arrange on include discipline policies, certain shortage of bus drivers and resolving each desegregation case.
Certain problem man sees with disciplinary matters is whatever teachers are afraid when they don’t intervene within single fight they desire become blamed for never stopping itself, nevertheless in case they fetch involved they shall front repercussions. .
Wells sees a benefits out of the recently instituted zero-tolerance policy, what states which anything students caught fighting intend remain sent up to each parish’s alternative school. However, male too thinks it’s too simple.
“Yonder needs in order to remain one process plus an investigation,†Wells mentioned. “Certain gut feeling could become 100% zero tolerance, however really that’s not at all really fair toward whoever happens to exist around any end of some bully. Itself wouldn’t become fair for them in order to acquire any same discipline in similar fashion someone who caused aforementioned problems.
Gentleman also believes in implementing some further proactive rather compared with reactive approach.
“One proactive approach in order to managing student behavior be able to negate the necessitate for discipline,†male stated.
When entity comes up to bus drivers, Wells recognizes object while per national problem. His brother was superintendent belonging to transportation amid Florida wherever man saw each consistent bus driver shortage problem that Tangipahoa Parish had previous annual.
“Us demand to raise the salary,†Wells stated. “With the cost of fuel as well as a rare times when bus drivers have up to sprint, they avoid certain possibility out of outside employment unless they own up to belonging to them belong to business.â€
Male argues who at that spot are a handful side jobs for bus drivers which fit theirs schedule – occupied during the first and ultimate hours made from per typical workday – therefore theirs pay for belonging to them job like bus driver bus ought to exist higher.
As for each desegregation case, Wells thinks the parish is moving inside a correct direction.
“Tangipahoa Parish able be per shining example along with model for alternative systems within terms out of staffing and student distribution whereas maintaining proud community schools,†him stated.
Wells mentioned man wants for bring “one common sense approach in order to solutions†as well as sees Tangipahoa Parish like single diverse community at which place folks are able toward detect common ground.
Wells graduated since Ponchatoula Elevated School in 1984 along with graduated since Southeastern Louisiana University with single certificate in law enforcement, single bachelor’s degree amid communications plus one master’s degree in education.
Wells includes stood single active member of any community since some young age. He was some BSA Troop 100 Eagle Scout sponsored via a Ponchatoula Rotary Club. He has also stood a member for 18 years out of each League out of Agricultural plus Equine Centers also received certain prestigious Silver Horseshoe Award 2021.
With a focus on helping 4-H and FFA students, Wells is at present a active board member from certain Tangipahoa Parish Fair. Certain fair contains always happened piece made from 4-H also any FAA, and Wells is ready for deposit additional emphasis on the ones clubs throughout his affiliation with a fair.
Male is per current plus former board member made from any SLU Alumni Association; current member plus past president from each SLU Lions Athletic Association; former board member from Habitat for Humanity, at present known since Fuller Center for Housing; current member out of each Amite Kiwanis Club also former member made from any Hammond Kiwanis Club; also former assistant games director for a Louisiana Special Olympics Summer Games.
Him is per graduate out of the Louisiana Tourism Leadership Academy and is currently some board member, past president, as well as graduate of Leadership Tangipahoa.
“Belonging to me parents, Carl also Sandra Wells, always believed within community service and led by example. I’m following amid their footsteps also I’m ready up to lead near to example,†Wells replied. “Every families, students, faculty, along with staff within District H shall know that I have belonging to them best interest amid belonging to me decision-making, plus I shall do the consistent for every students, faculty, as well as staff among ours parochial school system. from Tangipahoa.â€
District H includes the areas belonging to eastern Ponchatoula via Robert’s region, eastern Hammond, and southern Loranger.
With Wells planning in order to retire starting at his parochial along with arena jobs among any next twain years, something was per excellent period within his professional career for jog for a school board, gentleman mentioned.
“I see some of certain challenges also opportunities who lie ahead in certain next four toward eight years, plus I want toward become part of it,†Wells said. “Here is a particularly important election who shall affect belonging to us students additional more than the next foursome years. We be capable implement plans in order to assign for us students on top of the next decade.
Certain school board election desire accept spot on Tuesday, November 8, with early voting out of October 25 via November 1.
