Paula Maes is a veteran in the field of public broadcasting with her degree in the field and many years of practical experience which shows with a love for her career evident by the many awards on the walls of her office. She is the incumbent in the race and has served 8 years as the district 5 school board elected official. She raised four children with many photos to show just how much she cares about them and the children of Albuquerque proudly displayed on her desk top and she is very active in the schools in which her children attended. She is a native Hispanic New Mexican and has strong family ties within her community. In the past she has enjoyed huge support from the local voting community. Mrs. Maes major objective is to support Winston Brooks who was hired by the current school board as the new APS superintendent in the hopes of improving our school system and the policies set forth by the that school board which she hopes will have a direct positive effect on future improvements within the school system.She is concerned with the downturn in the economy and the negative effects it might result in when it comes to our student’s abilities to concrete on the educational process. She feels that the best way to increase support for future raise to instructional staff and to protect the current budget in our school system is to get parents in a grassroots effort to call and email their state representative to express their support for funding of our educational system which she feels would carry far more weight then anything the current or future school board could say to our state representatives; nevertheless, she continues to lobby the state for a improved allotment of funds for our school system. Mrs. Maes is clearly a supporter of grassroots efforts to improve our local educational system and encourages parents to stay involved in their children’s education as she has done over the years with her own children. Clearly Mrs. Maes comes from a family that encourages education as a vehicle for future success in live and shows that support by public serve to her local community. For further information about this candidate you can go to http://paulamaes.com/.
