Who is April Smith?
I am a wife, and a mother to 10 children.
I homeschooled for 7 years. My children attended private school, public school and currently attend a public charter school and a public middle and high school. I have 3 graduates, 2 high schoolers, 1 middle schooler, 3 elementary schoolers, and 1 pre-schooler. I am even a grandma!
I am a long-term stakeholder in education in the borough.
I am a dedicated member of the borough who is passionate about creating and maintaining a safe and thriving place to raise our families and grow our future.
I would like to return to the board of education to continue to work on aligning policies with the moderate values of the entire Fairbanks community. I will continue to lobby for funding, safe work environments, and excellent educational opportunities for ALL students.
I homeschooled for 7 years. My children attended private school, public school and currently attend a public charter school and a public middle and high school. I have 3 graduates, 2 high schoolers, 1 middle schooler, 3 elementary schoolers, and 1 pre-schooler. I am even a grandma!
I am a long-term stakeholder in education in the borough.
I am a dedicated member of the borough who is passionate about creating and maintaining a safe and thriving place to raise our families and grow our future.
I have served 3 years as a school board member in the past. During this time I attended numerous professional board development sessions and learned that our board needed a LOT of help, more than I could have imagined. As a member of the board, I kept the focus on following policy and statute and put an increased focus on making sure our policies reflect community values.
Over those 3, years many things the board accomplished make me proud. We hired superintendent who has grown and improved our education community. We were able to adopt a new Health/Sex Ed book that covers important and pertinent topics while being respectful of all families' values. The board took action to make community access to school policies much easier and began a total review of all policies, a desperately needed refresh and update. During my service we streamlined and saved millions while also growing programs and even founding a wonderful home school support center and grew support for our SMART program, helping at risk students stay engaged and get the help they need during periods of discipline. There are really too many things to list that the school board worked hard for, with my support, over those 3 short years.
I would like to return to the board of education to continue to work on aligning policies with the moderate values of the entire Fairbanks community. I will continue to lobby for funding, safe work environments, and excellent educational opportunities for ALL students.
