Dave Merces - Personal Statement
My name is Dave Merces and I am a father of two girls at Nut Swamp Elementary. My reason for running for the Board of Education is very straight forward, which is to be involved in the education decisions that impact my children, their friends and fellow Middletown classmates. As a volunteer first responder with Fairview First Aid, it’s important to me to involved in our community and volunteer my time accordingly. My main goal, if elected, is to get more community involvement with the board. The lack of community involvement right now is a huge issue, which hinders the board’s connection to parents and students. You can get more community involvement by being more communicative, transparent and seek more community input. There have been times in the past where the board has received pushback on certain issues because there was an issue or policy that didn’t get community input and I would like to change that. It all goes hand-in-hand and my hope is to get people out to meetings and becoming more involved. I want to help build this relationship and also continue working with the administration to foster and improve the existing safe and efficient education environment that is provided here in Middletown.