Announcement - March 1, 2008

My name is Jeff Baron and I am writing to announce my WRITE-IN candidacy for the Wayland School Committee. Over the last several weeks, I have watched the elected members of the School Committee bumble through one of the most important decisions that has faced our schools over the last several years. Rather than relying on facts, figures and hard data to support a decision on which school to close, they have instead relied on hunches, feelings, incomplete data sets and politically-motivated recommendations by school administrators. When pushed by members of our community to accept facts and expert opinions from third-parties, they have repeatedly shrugged off such data without much regard. Yes, my daughter is a student at Loker. However, that is not why I am upset. Yes, our kids will be well educated at any of our schools. The lack of a solid-decision making process brought about by an artificially rapid timeline to complete this process is what upsets me.

I have what it takes to restore fact-based decision making to our School Committee. I was President of the Class of 1993 at Colby College. I graduated from Cornell's MBA program. I have worked for a multi-national management consulting firm. I run a successful and growing financial services business. I serve as chairman of another committee here in town. Most importantly, I am not part of the establishment that has grown to be distrusted by many here in town. The only agenda I bring to my candidacy is an agenda for accountability and openness in decision making. Let's not let our largest and most expensive town service suffer from a lack of critical thinking any longer! Visit www.jeffreysbaron.com for more details and WRITE-IN Jeff Baron for School Committee on April 8th. Thank you.

Jeffrey S. Baron
153 Woodridge Rd.
Wayland, MA 01778
508.655.5916
jeffrey.s.baron@gmail.com