Jared White, ParentsFIRST for Trustee

9/17/2018

Abbotsford, BC - ParentsFIRST - Jared White, Executive Director of a local charity, Advokate Life & Education Services, joins a large list of candidates stepping up for one of the seven School Trustee positions in the upcoming local government election on Saturday, October 20, 2018.

White is running as the sole candidate of Abbotsford's newest civic party, Abbotsford ParentsFIRST, an organization not affiliated with AbbotsfordFIRST. Abbotsford ParentsFIRST states that their “foundational value is that parents be respected and acknowledged as the first and primary educators of their children”

Jared White lives in Abbotsford, BC with his wife and four children, one of whom they recently adopted. He has held pastoral roles in the community and participates in regular guest speaking engagements to various Christian schools in the area. White is also a current executive of the Abbotsford Christian Leaders Network. According the Abbotsford ParentsFIRST website, White has “many years of experience with governance, managing budgets, and making difficult decisions”.

White is running on a platform of change and proposes, among other things, live-streaming board meetings on social media, utilizing online polling to find out what the majority of parents think on a given topic, and cracking down on bullying by adding specially trained mediators to all schools. White also proposes bringing back the K-7 rural schools that were reconfigured to K-5 this past school year.

When asked about running for ParentsFIRST White states, “I am running under a ‘Parents First’ banner because I want to make children my number one priority by listening to those who love and care for them the most".

Contact Jared

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Biography

Jared White is a Dutch, Jewish, Baptist-Catholic who loves to play with his kids, lift weights, and explore Hyrule. Jared likes to stay active in the community and is currently on the finance committee for his home church and on the executive of the Abbotsford Christian Leaders Network. Prior to that, Jared spent several years coordinating Lego Club at Upper Sumas Elementary and coached his son’s ice-hockey team.

Jared has a wealth of experience teaching and presenting to kids of all ages, and is a regular presenter at independent schools across the Fraser Valley. An iron-worker by trade and a pastor by profession, Jared currently spends his professional time helping families in crisis in his full-time capacity as Executive Director at Advokate Life & Education Services Society

2 Comments

Barney Quinn

10/14/2018 09:43:59 am

Just discovered there's a like-minded slate of candidates running for school board trustee positions, under the parents first banner. Thank goodness, because my plan was to vote for ANYONE who isn't a current trustee. Why? Because a group of Bradner parents made a presentation to the current trustees regarding the boards middle school initiative. We attempted to present data which showed districts with middle schools were dropping the idea on account of numerous problems. Schools are continually engaging in the 'fad of the day' - have been doing that for decades, and we felt that the middle school concept was yet another in a long line of experiments gone bad. The data clearly showed problems with the concept but the chairman refused to allow us to ask any trustees a question, to engage in reasonable conversation with them. The trustees themselves behaved like tailors' dummies - totally unfit for the task of guiding Abbotsford's school system in what is probably the worst time in history for the public school system. So we determined after our attempt to present to the board fell on deaf ears, to replace the entire board with one who WOULD listen to parents concerns. A board that would place science, reason, and common sense ahead of misguided, bent political agendas. So we're glad to see that there is a slate of replacement candidates. For your childrens' sake, I would encourage everyone reading this to vote to remove the current board members. They have NOT represented parents' wishes. They have NOT acted in the best interest of our children. Indeed, I would say they have acted in a manner hostile and dangerous toward our children. Around here democracy doesn't show up very often. Just once every few years. In November, that chance makes a re-appearance. Don't miss it. If you care for your children's well-being and survival, that is.