Saturday is the election for school board in Dallas.

Dallas is a rich city that has many impoverished students and English language learners in its public schools. It needs a school board committed to these children.

If you live in Dallas in District 2, I urge you to vote for Lori Kirkpatrick.

She is the mother of a child in second grade in DISD.

She believes in public education.

She believes in treating teachers like the professionals they are.

She wants community schools with wraparound services. As a physician’s assistant, she understands that children need access to more than the classroom.

​She vows to oppose privatization of taxpayers dollars.

She will fight to expand Early Childhood Education to ensure that all Dallas ISD children are Kindergarten ready.

Please vote.