Meet the Republican: Terri Carmody

"Meet the Candidates" is a feature on Southington Patch designed to help you get to know your local candidates before you take to the polls this November. Each profile was submitted directly by the candidate. 

Take a moment to review each profile so you can be informed and prepared when you go to the polls on Nov. 5, 2013.

This week, we are looking at the Southington Board of Education candidates:

Name: Terri Carmody
Age: 68
Party, Position Seeking: Republican, Southington Board of Education
Family information: I have lived in Southington for 45 years. I have three children all educated in the Southington School System. I also have six grandchildren, four of whom attend school in Southington. My husband Patrick is a native of Southington and his family was involved in several civic organizations.
Political Experience: Member, Board of Education, 2007 - Present; Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Education the past four years; Chairwoman of Curriculum and Instruction committee; member of the Knightvertizing committee; member of the steering committee for leveling change at Southington High School and Board of Education representative to SEED committee.

Editor's Note: The following bio information was submitted by Terri Carmody:

I have served on the Board of Education for the last six years. I have been committed to providing the students of Southington with a quality education.

I have also served as chairman of Curriculum and Instruction for six years. We have worked diligently to implement curriculum changes that align with the new common core standards being mandated by the state. These changes will provide our students with the skills to develop higher order thinking skills,how to communicate in a clear,coherent manner both verbally and in the written form. All of this aimed at preparing our students with 21st century skills in order to compete in a global economy.

As a former teacher I believe my experience allows me to bring a perspective to the BOE that will enhance and promote these initiatives.

The BOE has done our best to keep class size down, enforce zero tolerance with drugs, bullying ,alcohol and violence in our schools. We are also consistently developing methods aimed at securing safety in our schools. We have held town wide safety forums to keep an open dialog the parents.

I am a dedicated member of the BOE and will continue to work hard to always make the needs of our students a priority.

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