PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Four candidates are running for two seats on the Peekskill City School District Board of Education in Tuesday's election.
Among them is Lisa Aspinall-Kellawon, 45, an education management professional who has worked in the Peekskill schools as a substitute teacher for the past several years. She is a graduate of The College of New Rochelle.
Aspinall-Kellawon said her background in education, particularly in ethnically diverse and lower income schools, made her a qualified candidate.
"I began working for the New York City Board of Education on January 3 1989 in central Harlem and I remained there until June 2005 when I moved here to Peekskill," she said.
Aspinall-Kellawon talked about the long hours she spend in the New York City schools working to get parents, students and administrators on the same page in order to boost test scores and academic achievement.
"Most scores went up, but some were in increments and other took a little longer but I felt the students were achieving and succeeding and I had the support of the parents, Aspinall-Kellawon said.
Aspinall-Kellawon said she had been lucky to have many people guide her along in her career and hoped to have a chance to help young students in the district.
"I always stressed to my students and now my daughter that we have to do the best we can," she said.
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