Letter: Why Dr. Annie Davidson should be elected to LTUSD Board

Dr. Annie Davidson should be the next LTUSD School Board member from Trustee Area #1. Since coming to Lake Tahoe, she has jumped into the community with great energy and commitment. For example, she is an adjunct faculty member of Lake Tahoe Community College and co-teacher at Tahoe Parents Nursery School with Aileen Yure and Jennifer David. She served as member of the Sierra House Elementary PTA Board as a co-grant coordinator, classroom volunteer, and also volunteers with the Coalition for the Homeless and Warm Room Advisory Council. She led drama and music enrichment classes in an after-school, volunteered with Marcia Sarosik's dance program, and performs with local music groups including TOCCATA. She also serves as an AYSO Soccer Coach.

She also brings experience that would be valuable to our community. Her background includes twenty years of service in education in the Northeast, Nevada, and California. She has public school teaching experience at the elementary level and has worked with pre-service teachers. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a doctorate from University of Vermont. She has served in state government at the Nevada Department of Education and has worked for McGraw-Hill and University of California-Los Angeles. Currently, she works as an independent consultant with clients that have included University of Kansas and Educational Testing Service supporting state departments of education. She would bring valuable experience in education leadership to the School Board.

While she have only been in the community for the past two years, you can see from the information I have provided that she has wasted no time in getting involved in a broad range of community activities. I believe that broad range of activities and contacts will make it possible for her to hear from a broad range of people in the community and that will enable her to better serve you as a school board member, if she is successful in her campaign.

Further, as you can see from her background, she has had a lot of experience in other communities in matters that are directly applicable to school board experience. I cannot tell you now whether, how, or when those experiences might be of benefit in her decision making as a school board member, but do believe that the possibility exists.

Please support Annie Davidson for LTUSD School Board member, representing Trustee Area #1.

John E. Upton, former LTUSD Board member