Leadership

  • Co-chair of the successful 2023 campaign to Invest in Arlington, an override allowing Arlington to increase teacher pay and maintain essential town services. 
  • School Committee Chair 2023-24.
  • Member of the negotiating team which reached an agreement with the Arlington Educators Association. In a year where there were multiple long-term teacher strikes, we came to an agreement with value added for both sides, without fuss or drama.

Achievements

  • Multiple analyses for various negotiations, comparing Town Manager 12 salaries with Arlington
  • Helped create AHS Building Project website, content and strategy
  • Presented testimony about the Foundation Budget formula to the Joint Committee on Education  
  • Co-authored multiple articles about the Foundation Budget and its role in state funding for education
  • Co-creater, first teacher salary study, 2011

Meet Kirsi!

Zoom and in-person meetings are coming soon! Watch this space, or sign up for notifications at kirsi@allisonampe.org.