From the Star editorial about Jen:
Jen Darland is running for the first time after years of involvement at her children’s school and co-founding the advocacy group Arizona Education Network.
She participated in two state efforts to increase education funding, including the successful Proposition 100 in 2010, which provided a temporary 1-cent sales tax for public education and other services.
The Star says this about Betts:
Putnam-Hidalgo ran for the board two years ago, as did three other 2014 candidates. Despite her loss, she still kept up her regular attendance at board meetings. She’s also been actively involved in school site councils, served as a community representative and taught English as a second language to parents.
She speaks with enthusiasm of participating in parent leadership training through Voices for Education as a starting point for her advocacy. She describes herself as a “bulldog” when it comes the education.
Betts is a community activist and P/T teacher (“parent, volunteer and advocate for public schools”), and Darland calls herself a “volunteer parent education advocate” at TUSD. Both candidates have children attending TUSD schools.
