Every decision we make about schools today will affect our future economic prosperity in the future. We need to strengthen our schools and get more decisions to our local representatives. St. Paul is driving too many decisions for our schools and we don't trust our local officials enough. That needs to change. According to the Republican platform, "We support the belief that parents are responsible for their children's education and that parents, teachers, and local school boards can make the best decisions about our children's education."