Greenberg for District 113 School Board

Good day to all:

I am running for election to the District 113 School Board and I would
greatly appreciate your help in the following ways:

1) Please vote for me on April 7th, or during Early Election which
starts March 23rd.

2) Please ask your friends to vote for me.

3) Please send out emails supporting me, and consider hosting a coffee
to introduce me to your friends.

4) Please let me put a sign in your yard supporting me.

5) Please donate to my campaign.

If you’re willing to host a coffee or a yard sign, please let me know so
we can coordinate accordingly. If you’d like to donate, thank you, and
please contact me.


About Me:

I have lived in Highland Park for over 37 years, have a BSCS, and MBA
degrees, have completed work toward Masters Degrees in Computer Science
and Manufacturing Engineering, hold a certification as a Lean Six Sigma
Master Black Belt (process control), and am engaged in the pursuit of
other certifications. I am also a member of and actively engaged in
many civic, professional and charitable organizations, including the HP
Chamber of Commerce, Ravinia Neighbors Association, and Shriners.

I m a fiscally responsible individual with a wide breadth of experience
encompassing Business Management, Education, Local Government, and
Process Improvement methods. I have been beating the drums of fiscal
responsibility for over 15 years, have been a zealous advocate of
becoming more effective and efficient with taxpayer dollars, and my
advice has saved millions of dollars.

I have appeared countless times before the City Council of Highland
Park, and the Boards of the Highland Park Park District, School District
112 and School District 113 to reinforce a commitment to focus on our
needs instead of our wants, and rein in spending.

Besides appearing before these taxing bodies, I have also been honored
to be a member of the Wolter’s Field Neighborhood Advisory Committee,
the District 113 PE/Athletics/1914 Buildings/DHS Athletic Fields
Referendum Study Group, and the District 112 Citizens Finance Advisory
Board. Most recently, I served as a Judge in the DECA Regional
Competition, a competition which is well-attended by students from
District 113.

I am not afraid to take the time to research and study the issues, nor
to ask “why”. As a lifelong learner, I am committed to a well-rounded
and high quality education at minimal burden on the taxpayer. Our
community has a longstanding commitment to the pursuit of excellence,
and as a graduate of Elm Place Jr. High and Highland Park High School
who returned to our community after college, I am running for the
District 113 School Board in order to help continue that tradition and
to help guide District 113.


District 113 needs:

• To implement processes and controls to ensure that the facilities are

adequately maintained.

• To refine its forward looking cost analysis methods. The three cost

models promulgated by PMA (the District’s financial advisors) vary
greatly which has led to uncertainty and difficulties in effective Board
governance.

• To ensure that the referendum projects are completed on-time and

within budget (if not early or under budget).

• To review its salary and benefits model for all administrators and

staff to ensure balance between our desire for high performing educators
and facilities and the impact to the taxpayers.

• To become more transparent in all operations and plans. There is

absolutely no reason why the Public should not be fully informed (to the
extent legally permissible) in all operations of the District, and
particularly those operations of a financial nature.

• To actively update and refine the District’s long-term plan so that we

can avoid expenditures on “Wants” which will have a negative impact on
future “Needs”.

• To work closely with the feeder Elementary districts on curriculum so

that students from those Districts are adequately prepared for success
when they enter our High Schools.


Other Candidates:

Other candidates are running for election, and have formed a so-called
“Slate” that asks for your vote. “The Slate” states that “...the Board
cannot simply rubber-stamp its way to excellence...” - yet by voting for
a “Slate”, that seems to be precisely what they desire.

I would ask you to look at the issues that have arisen in the past (a lack of
transparency, community angst over terminations of Staff and
Administrators, issuance of additional bonds when we were told that the
Referendum bonds would suffice for the District’s needs, etc.) and WIPE
THE SLATE CLEAN.

Thank you for your kind consideration,


Vote for change. Vote for fiscal responsibility, ethics, and
transparency. Vote for David S. Greenberg.

dsg@davidgreenberg.org