About The Candidate

• Office Sought: Board of Education Member, Ward 1
• Occupation: Attorney, Law Offices of W. Alton Lewis & Shelore Ann Cary Williams.
• E-mail address: shelore.williams@gmail.com

Education

JD, Georgetown Uni. Law Cen.; MA, education admin.,UDC; BS, phys.& health Educ., DC Teach. Coll.

Offices and positions held

Ward One Chair, DC Democratic State Committee, 2000-02; vice chairperson, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, 1988-90; chairperson, Development Corporation of Columbia Heights; board member, Washington Scholarship Fund; committee member, Langston Jr. Boys & Girls Scholarship Golf Tournament.

On the Issues

What is the most urgent problem facing your jurisdiction?

The critical issue for the District of Columbia is the affordability of housing. Our continuing ability to be a vibrant and diverse city is jeopardized by the substantial shortage of housing for all incomes. Presently, existing single-family dwellings have experienced price escalation that exceeds most family budgets. Very little of the new housing accommodates families with children. The recent intensive high-end housing development that has occurred in Ward 1 has resulted in higher rents, mortgages and real property taxes. Middle-income families continue to relocate out of the District of Columbia and low-income families have been forced to live in shelters.

Why should voters elect you?

The depth and breadth of my background as a trained educator with legislative and professional experience qualifies me to perform the responsibilities of this office.

How do you see elected officials helping residents through these difficult economic times?

Among the possible ways to assist residents during challenging times is to bring about policymaking proposals, which show our citizenry that the future will be better. Specifically, leaders in education need to show parents, teachers, students, administrators, non-parent residents, and potential employers that the substantive work of creating polices to advance the city out of the current difficult circumstances will continue. Critical examination of existing programs and the development of world-class standards for early childhood education, academic, college preparatory, vocational, adult, and continuing education programs should result in expanded opportunities for District residents. Elected officials as agents for change must assemble private business leaders and non-governmental organizations to augment public efforts to build a better tomorrow.

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