Thank you to the Douglas County Federation of Retirees for inviting me to be the keynote speaker at your gathering! I truly enjoyed spending time with retired Douglas County educators and talking about protecting retirement security and the future of public education. You spent your careers educating our children and building the public schools our community depends on. Retirement security isn’t just a number on a spreadsheet—it’s a promise to people who devoted their careers

Honored to join Douglas County School District Board President Susan Meek, Director Brad Geiger, educators, families, and community members for today’s Topping Out & Beam Signing Ceremony for Elementary School 51. Funded by the voter-approved 2024 DCSD Bond, the new school will have capacity for up to 750 students and is scheduled to open for the 2027–28 school year. This school will give Sterling Ranch families a neighborhood option close to home, helping students spend less