I am writing to ask my fellow residents and taxpayers to vote for Alexa Anderson for School Committee on April 8. I have had the opportunity to work with Alexa in several committee and local organizational capacities and feel that she demonstrates exceptional commitment to her community and a broad base of knowledge and insight on education — specifically in Concord — and that she actively listens to diverse perspectives and weighs all perspectives before making decisions
Alexa is a product of the Concord Public Schools and has a longstanding history of community service separate and apart from her work on the School Committee. Whether it be as a parent to her three children, serving in the Thoreau Parent Teacher Group as vice- president, the Willard PTG, as a SEPAC liaison and with the CCHS Parent Association (as class of 2027 parent representative) or as a community member serving on the board of the Concord Youth Theater and volunteering for the Concord Carlisle Foundation, Alexa Anderson is always the first person to raise her hand.
More vital however to this role is Alexa’s nuanced understanding of the needs of our schools in this moment in history. She has demonstrated this complex understanding in her work on the five-year Strategic Plan, her two years of leadership as chair of the School Committee, her role in securing the most recent teacher contracts and funding for the DEI director role in our schools. While we are all aware of the tremendous success of our public schools, few discern the balance we must meet between the needs of our taxpayers, our teachers, our parents and our students and how to achieve that working in partnership with our superintendent and the community as a collective. In short, Alexa Anderson is beyond highly qualified for School Committee.
Kristen Tyson
Hubbard Street
