These problems are each concerning individually, but together they are proof of years of mismanagement and a lack of financial leadership on the school board. When compared to peer districts, Upper Dublin has the highest percentage of tax increase over the last decade and the highest debt percentage. It is his love and passion for the community and desire to make a difference in the current and future state of Upper Dublin that has motivated him to run for school board, knowing that our district has serious problems. Twenty years ago, Chris and his wife found Upper Dublin by accident when their real estateĪgent said, “your future kids will love the schools.” With two current Sandy Run students who graduated from Jarrettown Elementary, Chris knows that the agent was correct. Ginny loves the Upper Dublin community and wants to do all she can to help achieve excellence in education for our children! Ginny has advocated to save the planetarium, the Field of Dreams and Upper Dublin Athletics as part of the grass roots effort to save sports in the fall of 2020. Ginny was awarded the 2020 Fort Washington Elementary School Shirley Zeper Service Award for her “generous commitment of time, dedication and inspiration”. She has also served on the Strategic Action Planning Finance Committee. Ginny was on the Sandy Run Project Review Committee and was the sole member to have a dissenting opinion to the project. For the last nine years, Ginny has attended most school board legislative and committee meetings as well as many township meetings and has gained knowledge and understanding of the school district's curriculum, activities, policies, finances, and operations. She has coordinated the school play, flag football, and the time capsule and has assisted in the planning of the fifth grade trip and the class project and gift, which included the outside mural, garden clean up and donation of the FWES "Patriot Pride Drive" sign. While her children were at FWES she was a room mom for various classes, prepared the annual school directory and led, for five years, a running club called Big Strides. Ginny has also organized a variety of 5th grade activities including the promotion ceremony and student gifts, which involved donating a personalized medal for each fifth grader. Currently she is the SRMS PTO President, runs the school store from her home, prepares the student directory and is the assistant UDHS field hockey coach.
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Ginny volunteers extensively in the schools to support all students.
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This expertise makes her uniquely qualified to be a good steward of taxpayer’s money and work toward making UDSD fiscally sound. She has been a self-employed Certified Public Accountant for over twenty-seven years. Ginny has her undergraduate degree in accounting from Penn State and her MBA She and her husband have three children who attended Fort Washington Elementary, and are currently attending Sandy Run Middle School and Upper Dublin High School. Ginny has lived in Upper Dublin for fifty-two years and is a proud 1985 Upper Dublin graduate.