To the Editor:
We are voting for Rene Obregon in the upcoming Princeton Public Schools Board of Education election, and encourage our fellow residents to also vote for Rene.

We have known Rene for nearly 10 years, and over that time he has always actively supported our schools and our community.  We have boys of similar ages so we have had the pleasure of working on many school events together, from International Night at Johnson Park school where he would make his Cuban flan dessert to arranging the field day sport activities at Princeton Middle School.

Rene has always offered his time and brings great energy to all his volunteer work. I saw this firsthand when we served on the PTO board at Princeton Middle School. As a further example of Rene’s commitment to education and helping students gain real life experiences, he started a two-week internship program at his company (a boutique investment bank) for high school juniors that is now in its fifth year. His program exposed them to using Bloomberg, MS Excel, and developing analytical skills. Equally important, he made sure they were exposed and understood real life scenarios, such as the importance of being on time, interacting in an office environment, learning to ask questions, and completing a task to a timeline.

We believe Rene will work hard to ensure that our public schools will stay focused on providing a robust curriculum and addressing the learning gap head on, and be proactive on managing the projected student population growth. He will not shy away from challenging the current processes, if it results in increased accountability and transparency, which is what the community needs and deserves.

We recommend voting for Rene Obregon on November 7.

Anna Chalker and Daniel Smith
Brookstone Drive