McLogan Endorses Beerer and Makarewicz for Royal Oak School Board

Recently, I announced that I would not be seeking a fourth term to the Royal Oak School Board. I have been proud to represent my hometown for the last twelve years, but for many reasons, this was a good time to move on. The boards I served with accomplished much, and now two new board trustees will have to confront the challenges of the future. It won’t be easy, so we need board members that have the experience and community connections to make a significant difference in the lives of our children and positively impact the Royal Oak community. I think that it is important that we elect people that have demonstrated a proven commitment to the community.
This is why I am proud to endorse Carrie Beerer and Arthur Makarewicz for Royal Oak School Board.
Carrie and Art both have worked hard to make their community a better place for many years. Carrie has worked with youth football and cheer teams, served on school committees, and held leadership positions in PTAs at Oakridge Elementary and Royal Oak Middle School. Art has served on several city committees, Oakland County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and worked with youth as a Score 4 Kids Board Trustee.
Serving on a school board is one of the most important ways that one can serve their community. School Board Trustees manage a much larger budget than their better-paid counterparts on the city commission, ($20 per meeting compared to $0 per meeting), and have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children.
The school board is no place to get started in one’s community service.
Their opponent seems like a very nice man, but he has not yet demonstrated a commitment to do the volunteer work that needs to be done that leads to being an elected official. I hope that he does. We need good people like him to lend their expertise to city committees, School committees, service clubs, youth sports, church groups, and other youth activities.
People from all over Michigan respect Royal Oak because the School Board has done what needs to be done for the future – to consolidating schools with a plan to improve them. The future is not with me and the 50+ crowd – it with our young families whose friends are now considering Royal Oak because of the improvements that we have made in our buildings. We need people with a proven commitment to our community like Carrie Beerer and Arthur Makarewicz and I hope you will join me in voting for them on November 3rd.

Kevin McLogan