Dear Editor,
As parents of Newport Public School students: a recent graduate of Rogers High School (now at St. John’s, NYC) and a current junior, my family and I are in full support of Kendra Wilson Muenter for another term on the Newport School Committee. Kendra is a parent, community volunteer, hard worker, who values and believes in public education. She will work to make sure students and parents have a voice in our schools and that ALL feel welcomed.
In the past two years, Kendra has already accomplished so much. She put forth a resolution in support of universal breakfast and lunch for all. She co-authored the new Health and Wellness policy that has been named the gold standard by RI Healthy Schools Coalition. Kendra worked on the grant to implement composting at Pell that starts this week with the goal of rolling it out district wide to all schools. She also wrote the resolution requesting RIDE to review directions to RICAS tests to ensure they are written at grade level. I can’t wait to see how she leads and pushes one of greatest community investments forward!
In this day and age, where we have candidates in favor of book bans and look down on public school parents, it is so refreshing to have an advocate for our kids, teachers and families. Kendra is there for us all and gets the job done!
with gratitude,
Karen Conway and Jack Enwright, Newport
