That seems really disconnected,” Pozniak said. “You have these hand rinsing sinks that cost $14,000 apiece, meanwhile, I talked to someone at a school who is putting together a proposal for their school foundation to pay $28,000 for teacher training in reading foundation. She also said it has not been clear where community input has been considered with regard to these investments. It’s not really clear from that, what is going to be true for students, what’s going to be happening with teaching and learning, what is the training that teachers are getting,” she said. “There are unique investments that need to be made because of the pandemic and making sure we have a healthy and safe learning environment for students, but when I take a look at the scant documents that are available in terms of how this district is applying over $250 million of federal aid that has come through to Cobb County alone. While she thinks foundations are great resources for schools, she questioned whether federal dollars are being utilized in the best manner. Pozniak said she has spoken to people in schools who are relying on school foundations to fund training and staff. “How do you move the resources that you have and the funding that you have to match that? How do we make sure there is high-quality curriculum? How do you make sure that teachers are trained in the things they need to be trained in? How do you make sure that students are getting the services that they deserve?” But my work and my experience is really about linking ‘what is the plan for learning’ and then ‘what is the plan for spending that is aligned to that plan for learning,’” she said. “Before I was in Louisiana, I taught in South Dakota, so I come at my work with a background in teaching and as an educator. What will you bring from your experience in Louisiana to Cobb? “I just wasn’t seeing that…happening in my own backyard,” she said. The district also needs to focus on leveraging federal dollars to get teaching and learning back on track. Pozniak said it’s a critical time, and the focus needs to be on what it will take to help students recover academically from all the disruption to education caused by the pandemic. I was pretty shocked to see what has been going on, particularly with our board,” she said. Because of that interest, I wanted to get to know more about what was happening locally with our schools here in Cobb County. I continue to work with states and districts on strategic finance…and make sure they can execute their academic plans. “I have a background in education and education finance in particular. For more information on Cobb elections, click here. Over the course of my career, I’ve worked in red states, blue states, and purple states.”īoard Chairman David Chastain currently holds the Post 4 seat, which includes Sprayberry and Kell High Schools. Pozniak is running as a Democrat, but said, “above all, I’m running to offer an alternative to our current failed Board leadership, as someone ready to put a plan in place that moves all our students forward, regardless of how their parents vote. She returned to her home near Sprayberry in 2020, and currently works for Watershed Advisors as an advisor in curriculum, assessment, college and career pathways, and accountability. Pozniak went on to become the assistant superintendent of fiscal operations and federal support at the Louisiana Department of Education, where she managed the finances of six state agencies with a total annual budget of $5.5 billion.

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