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2014 County Executive Candidate Questionnaire 2014 County Executive Candidate Questionnaire Please return completed questionnaire to Barbara Hueter at [email protected]. Name: Isiah Leggett Address: PO Box 1372, Rockville, MD 20849 Phone number(s): 301 787 4040 (work) 301-384-8661 (home) Email: [email protected] Website: ikeleggett.org Children Name Age School 1. Yamina Leggett not in school any more *Isiah Wells Leggett 14 Blake High School 2. *Zende Wells 11 Benjamin Banneker Middle School 3. *grandchildren Education and Training (list degrees, licenses, etc.) 1. B.A. Southern University 3. Juris Doctorate Howard University 2. MA Howard University 4. Master Of Laws, George Washington University Employment: Occupation: County Executive Employer: Montgomery County Address: 101 Monroe Street, Rockville MD 20850 General Responsibilities of Position: The office of the county executive provides leadership and direction to County Government, formulates an agenda on rules, regulations, and policies including the budget as well as implementation of the same. Union Membership (past or present): None I confirm that the responses provided here are my official positions in seeking county office and I understand that MCEA reserves the right to share my responses with members and interested parties. CANDIDATE SIGNATURE: DATE: Ike Leggett Page 1 of 6 February 22, 2014 1. How have you been an advocate for public education? As County Executive, I have advocated for education in the following ways: I increased operating funding for the Montgomery County Public Schools to record levels, at or near 100 percent of the schools’ budget requests, even as most County agencies saw budget cuts, at the time the County was in an unprecedented recession. Increased County investment in school construction for MCPS modernizations, renovations, additions and other projects, by 36 percent over eight years, despite the Great Recession and fiscal challenges. I am currently leading the fight in Annapolis for increased State school construction dollars to meet increased MCPS enrollment needs, and I am building alliances with my counterparts in Baltimore County and Prince George’s County. I have continued my work that began when I was a longtime member of the County Council Education Committee to fund County programs that will help MCPS close the achievement gap in County schools for African American and Latino students. For example, my most recent budget includes approximately $15.04 million in tax-supported resources identified for the Positive Youth Development Initiative. I increased funding for Montgomery College at a time of record enrollment increases for Maryland’s largest and best community college. 2. If elected, how will you be an advocate for public education? Building on what’s best, starts with the County’s crown jewel – our public schools. As stated above, I will continue to fight alongside our State delegation in Annapolis to win Montgomery County’s fair share of school funding, both for construction and operating dollars. As you are aware, in October, I announced a major initiative to push for $600 to $700 million to build additional classrooms. To bolster the effort for this critically needed funding, I teamed up with Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Prince Georges County Executive Rushern L. Baker. This effort continues my strong advocacy begun in Fiscal Year 2010, both at the State and local level for increased revenue for both capital and operating revenues for our public schools. My recommended Capital Improvements Program (CIP) budget increases County school construction dollars by more than 13 percent over last year. This increase was partly possible through reprioritizing and reducing County Government projects by $308.3 million. Montgomery County is known nationally for our school system, which contributes directly to our ability to attract and retain an educated workforce, business and industry. That is why I will continue to dedicate an unprecedented amount of resources to education. 3. What are the three things you would like to accomplish in the next four years if you are elected? 1) I believe that the county, with the school system as the major partner taking the lead, must work on closing the academic achievement gap. The teachers must do everything they can in the classroom, but as County Executive, I believe that in addition to funding academics in the Ike Leggett Page 2 of 6 February 22, 2014 classroom, we must attack the problem from other parts of County government as well. The problem is multifaceted. Children can’t learn if they are hungry; they can’t stay awake in class if they do not have a place to sleep; they cannot attend classes if their parents are unemployed and can not provide for them or if they are not providing an environment at home that is stable. Programs like Linkages to Learning and the Kennedy Cluster Project take a holistic approach to the child as part of a family unit. They provide wrap-around services, recognizing that if the family is in crisis it will affect the child’s learning ability. I believe that the schools cannot do this alone - we must engage our County Health and Human Services and Recreation Departments (programs like Excel Beyond the Bell and Sports Academies), County Police and other County and State agencies to enable the child to enter a classroom with a solid foundation. And we must maintain that foundation so the child continues to succeed. In this vein, seven years ago, I launched my Positive Youth Initiative, which has worked collaboratively with our school system to achieve positive results. My Fiscal Year 14 budget included approximately $15.04 million in tax-supported resources targeted for this initiative. I am committed to increasing support for our youth, both during school hours and during out-of- school time. My Positive Youth Development/Gang Intervention and Suppression Initiative is a comprehensive approach to working with at-risk youth, and includes a commitment to the problems of children and youth exposed to trauma, gangs, and youth violence in the County. Key County departments, as well as community-based non-profits, have come together to augment the efforts of our school system by providing after-school programs both at schools and at community recreation centers to meet the needs of our students who need additional academic help. The initiative includes supportive services, such as: o Year round learning and support services for students in ESOL; o School Resource Officer program; o Crossroads Youth Opportunity Center and UpCounty Youth Opportunity Center provide a wide array of support; o Services for high-risk youth and youth who seek to exit gang life, juvenile delinquency, and criminal activity; o Identity After School Program provides after school programming to serve at risk Latino youth; o Maryland Multicultural Youth Center provides case management, GED preparation, job readiness development, and after school programs to high risk youth; o High School Wellness Centers provide school-based positive youth development programs for after school activities; o Support services to youth and young adults returning to the community after incarceration or detention. The program also provides transformational healing processes for children and youth impacted by trauma and/or violence; o Asian American Leadership, Empowerment and Development for Youth and Family Program provides after school enrichment programs and mentoring to students at four middle schools and two high schools; o Conservation Corps provide job, education, and life skills training for out-of-school and unemployed County youth ages 17 to 24; o Sports Academies provide direct leadership for four high schools, including Einstein, Wheaton, Montgomery Blair, and Springbrook, that serve over 2,000 students throughout the school year; o Rec Extra Programs provide after school programming from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 13 middle schools; Ike Leggett Page 3 of 6 February 22, 2014 o Excel Beyond the Bell Program, a partnership among Recreation, the Montgomery County Collaboration Council, and MCPS, offered at five locations from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. with programming, a hot supper, and a delayed after school transportation; o Teen Events provide an after-hour teen program at a number of community recreation centers in five regions; o Summer Teen Department of Recreation programs partner with Identity, the Center for Adoption Support and Education, and the Community Foundation, to provide a wide variety of programming including teen summer programs and year round programming for children in adoptive or foster care; o Student/Teen Employment Program (STEP) provides training in summer; and, o Provide one Community Services Officer for each of the six police districts to address long-term problem solving issues. I will continue my ongoing work to provide the financial resources that will help our public schools remain a world-class educational system. These resources will go toward continued improvements for reducing class size, student test scores, enhanced technology and better, and enhanced capital facilities. 2) Increase the supply of affordable housing for our residents. I have always believed that affordable housing is critical to our success as a community. Families need the stability that an affordable home provides. We know that this stability can have a profound effect on children and their performance in school. Affordable housing is also a key factor in building economic success by helping businesses attract and retain employees. That is why I will continue to make increasing affordable housing a priority. Even during the difficult times during our Great Recession, the County built or acquired over 9,000 affordable housing units—this is more than any other amount in a similar period in our county’s history. 3) Fostering additional Smart Growth and expanding our transportation network. My Smart Growth Initiative is fostering development in our life sciences centers and will grow more than 100,000 jobs – creating by far more jobs than at any other period in the County’s history.
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