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Senator Hannah Geffert has made a lifelong dedication to education and to the kids of the Eastern Panhandle. She taught historical past and political science at Shepherd University for greater than 20 years and labored to convey Blue Ridge Community and Technical College to Berkeley County. Among her many volunteer actions in the Eastern Panhandle, child-focused tasks embody particular person mentoring, the BackPack Program, Read Aloud, initiation of a School to Career Academy, educating Sunday college and the Apollo Civic Theater’s Youth Summer Theater Workshop.

In a state which is shedding its younger individuals as they search well-paid employment alternatives elsewhere, Senator Geffert is aware of that the answer is to entice and encourage the institution of recent companies that provide jobs that pay sufficient to purchase a house and lift a household. All companies desire a good public college system for the advantage of their staff’ kids and to give them confidence that they are going to be ready to rent an informed workforce.

Having public college system requires an funding in academics and support workers in addition to an funding in services and companies. A dedication to academics, support workers and faculty administrations additionally features a displaying of respect. As Senator Hannah Geffert has said, “We need to stop treating our teachers like they are the enemy.”

As the daughter and sister of devoted retired native academics, I’ve been shocked that a number of the state legislators seem to lack religion in our academics’ skilled talents and trustworthiness. Two payments throughout a previous session, one which handed and one which didn’t, tried to micromanage what academics mentioned and what they’d advocate that college students learn. Senator Geffert, realizing that our academics are professionals who’ve the perfect pursuits of our youngsters at coronary heart, opposed every invoice. Her opponent in the November election supported each payments.

Our academics and faculty support personnel are our neighbors and our associates. They need to present our youngsters with the education that they are going to want to have good jobs and good lives. Senator Geffert is aware of this, and she or he helps them in the Legislature. Please vote for Hannah Geffert on Nov. 8 to signify you in the West Virginia Senate.

Ludmila “Tina” Burns, of Leetown