Achievements

  • Co-chair, Invest in Arlington Campaign, 2023
  • Multiple analyses for various negotiations, comparing Town Manager 12 salaries with Arlington
  • Member, Communications subcommittee of the Arlington High School Building Project
    • Helped create website, content and strategy over 10 years
    • Helped create communication strategy for public
  • Foundation budget advocacy
    • Co-authored multiple articles about the Foundation Budget and its role in state funding for education
    • Presented testimony about the Foundation Budget formula to the  
  • Co-creater, first teacher salary study, 2011
  • Member, Long Range Planning Committee since 2010
  • Town Meeting member

School Committee roles

  • Chair, School Committee, 2012-13, 2018-19, 2023-24
  • Chair, Budget Subcommittee, 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2020-23, 2024-25
  • Vice Chair, School Committee, 2011-12, 2017-18, 2022-23
  • Secretary, School Committee, 2013-14, 2021-22
  • Chair, Curriculum, Accountability and Assessment, 2013-14, 2014-15
  • Member, APS Negotiating Team for Arlington Educators Association, 2017-18, 2023-24
  • Member, APS Negotiating Team for Arlington Administrators Association, 2014-15, 2024-25
  • Member, Policy and Procedure Subcommittee

Other committee work

School Committee representative to:
  • Long Range Planning, 2010 to present
  • Arlington High School Building Committee, 2016 to present
  • Arlington Education Foundation, 2010 to 2017, 2024 to present
  • Arlington Tourism and Economic Development Committee, 2010 to 2018
Articles
By Kirsi Allison-Ampe
By Kirsi Allison-Ampe and Linda Hanson