Mary Farrell for Board of Education, Stamford 2011

A resident of Stamford since 1994, Mary has worked as an event planner and receptionist at a number of local businesses and has volunteered with Friends of the Ferguson Library, Literacy Volunteers of America, and the Historic Neighborhood Preservation Program. Mary has an Associate's Degree in Early Education, and she has nine nieces and nephews.

ISSUES:

Stamford needs a Safe Routes to School program so children can walk and bike to school. This fosters self-reliance and healthy habits as well as reducing automobile congestion.

LINKS:

• Stamford Public Schools  |   Environmental Interdistrict Magnet School
• Green Party National Platform on Education
• CT Coalition for Justice in Education Funding
• Connecticut Foundation for Environmentally Safe Schools
• Teachers Against Prejudice
• Fair Food in Fairfield County Schools
• Leave My Child Alone!
• Funding schools through a Land Value Tax

Approved by Mary Farrell
Paid for by the Green Party of Connecticut