Teams of walkers join me each weekend to canvass neighborhoods and I am grateful for your welcoming spirit as they have knocked on your door. I am visiting as many doorsteps as I can each day, and love when I have the chance to talk with you personally. Besides the demands of campaigning, my days are filled with work on legislative issues, constituent case work and continuous learning regarding emerging issues. Make no mistake – though we are a part-time, citizen legislature, doing the job well is a full-time gig:
- Attending all meetings of the K-12 Study Commission
- Provider Advocacy Coalition of Kansas (PACK) meeting on KanCare
- Shawnee Mission Education Foundation Breakfast
- Medical Society of Johnson & Wyandotte County Dinner
- Bryantwood HOA Fall festival
- Met with Dr. Willard Daggett to learn more about his teaching philosophy.
- Council of State Governments Education Summit regarding Student Data for Workforce Development
- Labor-Management Council reception
- Kansas Leadership Center Konza meeting
- Shawnee Mission Rotary Club lunchtime speaker
Finally, I was humbled and honored to participate in a CLE (Continuing Legal Education) panel with Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier, Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis, and Ryan Wright of Kansans for Fair Courts, on the state of education policy and funding in Kansas at an Inns of the Court event. The mission of Inns of the Court is to “Foster Excellence in Professionalism, Ethics, Civility and Legal Skills” among attorneys.
