Rome Board of Education Candidate: Karl Gyden

Karl Gyden is married and has three children. 

Wants to incentivize students by challenging parents or caregivers to read 8 hours a month to their children, with all participants receiving a reward at the end of the semester.

Proposed offering discounts or free items from local businesses for students who read a certain number of books over the school year.

- Wants to incentivize students by challenging parents or caregivers to read 8 hours a month to their children, with all participants receiving a reward at the end of the semester.
- Proposed offering discounts or free items from local businesses for students who read a certain number of books over the school year.

School Curriculum

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Plans to partner with local employers, nonprofits, and churches to create internships and scholarships for students.

Wants to ensure taxpayer dollars are used effectively and believes more funding should be directed toward students and classroom teachers.

- Plans to partner with local employers, nonprofits, and churches to create internships and scholarships for students.
- Wants to ensure taxpayer dollars are used effectively and believes more funding should be directed toward students and classroom teachers.

School Facilities & Resources

Supports parent involvement and communication.

Wants to partner with local churches to hold reading competitions.

Wants to partner with local churches to hold reading competitions and host community ready days.

- Supports parent involvement and communication.
- Wants to partner with local churches to hold reading competitions and host community ready days.

Student Wellbeing

Supports providing teachers with resources to do their best work.

Supports providing teachers with resources to do "their best work."

- Supports providing teachers with resources to do "their best work."

Teachers

Supports equal access to advanced courses, tutoring, special education resources, and enrichment.

- Supports equal access to advanced courses, tutoring, special education resources, and enrichment.

Access to Education

Karl L. Gyden

- The Board of Education runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the city government. 
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day. 
- Some Board of Education members are elected by the entire city, while others represent specific districts. 
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.
