DR KARP'S PRIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS OF ACTION FOR THE FUTURE
LOOKING BACK, DURING MY 16 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD:
- Constituents received a response from me within 24 hours (or less, if urgent). Expect that to continue.
- Efforts were made to ensure that all children reached their full potential. Expect that to
continue.
- High School graduation rates increased by nearly 30 percent. Expect that trend to
continue.
- Our school system was recognized as the top performing urban school district in the
nation. Expect a high level of academic achievement to continue.
- An emphasis was placed on listening to people in a respectful way. Expect that to
continue.
- Politics were kept out of school discussions and policies. Expect that to continue.
- 100+ of my policy initiatives were approved by the School Board. Expect successful
outcomes and innovative approaches to education to continue.
MOVING FORWARD, I SUPPORT:
- Emphasizing basic skills.
- Giving teachers better pay and benefits.
- Ensuring that every student graduates with a skill whether it is coding, robotics,
automotive maintenance, or another specialty.
- Expanding after-school programming. Many problems can be avoided if children are
engaged in fun and meaningful supervised activities after school.
- Establishing partnerships with science and tech industries and providing internships in
these fields.
- Promoting safe and healthy learning environments for all students and teachers.
- Bringing back joy to learning and making school fun.
- Promoting "real" P.E. where students are moving around.
- Introducing healthy and tasty lunches.
- Encouraging more field trips. Let's make school fun!
- Advocating for Augmented Intelligence, which aims to enhance and support human
intelligence. Emphasize teacher training from elementary to high school in all areas of
technology to make Miami-Dade County Public Schools the Technology Hub in the State
of Florida. Direct staff to pursue grants from the National Science Foundation and
Department of Education.
