Gwen Freeman

Note of Thanks to Voters

Thank you to all the voters in Perry Township for your support and taking the time to help elect Chuck Mercer, Ken Mertz, and me to the Perry Township School Board! This has been a long and challenging battle, and the efforts of many volunteers made possible this positive change for MSDPT. I would especially like to thank the TBPS organization, the teachers and the Perry Township firefighters for their unwavering support during our campaign. I look forward to serving all members of our Perry Township community. As we pledged during our campaign, I welcome your comments and concerns about Perry schools. Beginning in July, I look forward to restoring your pride in our school system and rebuilding your trust in the school board. And again, THANK YOU!!

I have called Perry Township home for nearly sixty years, graduating from Southport High School in 1965. My daughter was also educated in the Perry Township schools. I am a business improvement specialist for Rolls-Royce Corporation in Indianapolis. I specialize in information technology, quality processes, and health, safety, and environmental issues. As an administrator, my role is to find better business practices which effect lower costs, reduce effort, and promote higher success rates. In addition, for over ten years, I served as president of the Board of Trustees for a non-profit community home-owners association in Perry Township. My role required hiring good managers and managing a working budget of over $100,000. Therefore, I have first- hand experience in money management and work allocation.

Since the fall of 2006, I have actively followed the activities of the MSDPT school board. In dismay, I have watched the current school board majority embark on a destructive agenda which demonstrated illogical mismanagement and a blatant disregard for the concerns of teachers, administrators and the community. As a taxpayer, parent, grandparent, and community volunteer, I strongly believe we need a change in direction to re-charge our commitment to effective management. We must restore pride in the school district’s leadership and rebuild trust in the school board process.

Thus, I am running for a seat on the MSDPT school board to effect a change in direction. I bring experience in business, money management, community affairs, and I enjoy strong ties to Perry Township. I care deeply about how the decisions of our school board will impact the quality of education for our children and how those decisions will affect the citizens and taxpayers of our township.

I respectfully ask that you join in my mission to rebuild trust and restore pride in our school board leadership. Please vote for me to represent you as an effective school board member.

Please contact me at gwen@freeman2008.com to let me know your thoughts and concerns. 

Thank you! 
Gwen Funk Freeman