To the Editor:

We are writing to enthusiastically endorse Beth Behrend for re-election to the Princeton School Board, where she has served as Board president for the past two years. We have known Beth for many years through her work with our children’s schools, initially as leader of the Riverside PTO. She is a woman of exceptional intelligence, integrity, and energy – and equally important, warmth. In our decades of living in Princeton, Beth and her family are amongst the kindest and most thoughtful people we have ever met.

Under Beth’s leadership of the BOE, Princeton Public Schools have accomplished a great deal of positive change. We have improved our school facilities, stabilized district finances while addressing overdue building maintenance to achieve even greater cost savings, welcomed talented new hires at all levels, initiated free pre-K for scores of students, promoted important equity initiatives and racial literacy, provided all students equal access to new technology, and supported a rapid shift to remote learning, but there is more work to be done.

In a time of significant change and uncertainty, Beth has proven to be a leader we can count on to help us navigate successfully and ensure we deliver an effective education to all children that reflects the values of our community. Please join us this fall in re-electing Beth Behrend to the Princeton Board of Education.

James Bash
Eva Martin
Anne Caswell-Klein
Grady Caswell-Klein
South Harrison Street