Every school board election is an important event. It gives the parents and community members the opportunity to elect citizens that they trust with their children’s education and with the relationship the school has with the community. This year the election for the Pleasant Valley School Board is very important. That’s why I am voting for Sue Kresge, Bob Serfass, Norman Burger, Ed Coyle and Robert Butler. I feel that the community is tired of the infighting, obstruction and politics and want the board to focus on what is best for the students and the community. The Pleasant Valley School District needs to heal. The district has long had a great reputation of having terrific teachers who give our children a great education.

The focus needs to be on that. The superintendent, Mr. Piperato, was tasked with the job of putting Pleasant Valley on a track to do just that. The students and their parents need that to happen. This community needs that to happen. It can only happen if the elected board gets past the politics of negativity and obstruction. Sue, Bob, Norm, Ed and Rob are not waging a negative campaign, don’t have an ax to grind, but bring a positive message that calls for educators, administrators, parents and community members to be working together for the students.

I have long held the belief that the vast majority of the citizens in the Pleasant Valley community are proud of their children and the education they received in the PV school district. That the vast majority of the PV community that graduated from the school are “PV Proud” and want our district to be the very best in the area. I want that to be the case. I am confident that the voters next week want the same thing. If so, they will join me in putting Sue Kresge, Bob Serfass, Norm Burger, Ed Coyle and Robert Butler on the Pleasant Valley School Board.

Dan Wunder

Kunkletown