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Milton-Freewater school board member stresses community roots and student wellness
Summary
In a brief interview, Superintendent Aaron Duff and school board member Vince discussed Vince’s path to the board—including bond and budget-committee work—and his priorities for the year, including stronger school-board engagement and a new student health and wellness grant (amount not specified).
Aaron Duff, superintendent of Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7, interviewed Vince, a school board member, about his reasons for serving and priorities for the coming year. Vince said his first involvement came through a local bond effort and later through budget-committee service, and he emphasized the community’s commitment to students.
Vince described his path to the board this way: "What really inspired me, a few years ago, we started back with the GIBBOND. And so I was on that bond committee, and I just I saw the commitment of all the community coming together for that." He said that experience convinced him to continue serving, including "about 8 years" on the budget committee.
Looking ahead to the school year, Vince said he is "really excited about the commitment I see from our school administration, our teachers," and he highlighted a recently awarded grant to support student health and wellness. The interview did not specify the grant amount or the program name.
As a new board member, Vince said a central goal is to increase the board’s engagement with individual schools so members can better share information with the broader community. "I really wanna see us as a board kinda get involved in the school and really connect with the schools a little bit, so that we can share that back out with the community," he said.
Asked what he would tell a parent considering the district, Vince said Milton-Freewater is "a tight, tight knit community that wants to help our students. I mean, we're all about the kids." Aaron Duff closed by thanking Vince for his service and time.
No formal actions, motions, or votes were recorded in the interview; the conversation was a short, on-the-record discussion of personal motivation and district priorities.
