Candidate Survey Questions - Real World Learning
ABOUT MARY
Perspectives
Dr. Mary Sinclair brings meaningful perspectives to the Shawnee Mission school board.
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Family. Mary and her family have a generational connection with the Shawnee Mission Public Schools. She is an SMEast Lancer alumna. Eight others from her family are SMSD alumni and one nephew is currently at East. ... read more here
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Education. Mary is a retired educational researcher. She has two graduate degrees, a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s in Education from Harvard University. ...
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Leadership. Mary currently serves as the Vice President of the SMSD school board, the district’s representative on the Kansas Association of School Board’s Legislative Committee and Vice Chair of the District Finance and Facilitates Committee. ...
Advocacy. Mary has been advocating for adequate school funding and pro-public education policies for nearly two decades, as an active member of the Kansas PTA and Game On for Kansas Schools. ...
