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Candidate Profile Published Tuesday, November 07 08:33:28 AM |
| Name: | Tom Madden |
Other candidates in this race: |
| Office: | Minneapolis School board member | |
| Incumbent: | No | |
| City of residence: | Minneapolis | |
| Website: | http://www.tommadden.org | |
| Age: | 39 | |
| Background: | Married, three kids in Minneapolis public schools; marketing professional specializing in long-term strategy, retention and partnerships; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989; active public school parent in District Parent Advisory Council, Site Council, Area C Working Group, Minneapolis Public Schools Parents Forum; Big Brother of Minneapolis. | |
| Endorsements: | DFL Party; Progressive Minnesota; Stonewall DFL; AFSCME; AFL-CIO; Teamsters DRIVE; Building and Construction Trades Council; Service Employees International Union; Minneapolis Federation of Teachers; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 105. | |
| Most important issue: | There are numerous issues in the district that affect the success of educating all of our kids. Some of the issues include an ongoing enrollment decline, a lack of accountability and incomplete outreach to all of our communities in Minneapolis. I am running for school board to bring improvements in these and other areas. I will work to bring district stability, effective outreach to all communities and stakeholders, and will work to end the decline in student enrollment that helps create some of the instability in MPS. I am prepared to take on these and the many other challenges. |