For the past eight years, I have had the pleasure of knowing Birgit McQuiston personally and have watched her professionally working as a trustee and officer for the Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education.

She is extremely hardworking, devoted and compassionate in all her dealings on the board. Her dedication to the board, as well as the students of Lake Orion, is beyond reproach. She has committed herself to working with the board as if it were a full-time employment opportunity, and you will never fail to see her at a Lake Orion event that is benefitting the students of this community!

On any issue brought to the board, you will find that she has spent hours upon hours researching the issue, evaluating the policies around it and coming to the table with an informed viewpoint. She engages in intelligent, thoughtful discussion with the other board members, always being mindful of the impact upon the LO student community.

She not only works for Lake Orion Community Schools on a local level, but continues her engagement to promote Lake Orion at a county level, as well as continuing her professional development to improve her leadership skills and demonstrating her commitment to student achievement.

In 2018, she was awarded the Master Diamond Award from the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB). This award is given to those board members who have completed 14 advanced-level classes in MASB’s leadership training and 528 education credits.

As you can see, Birgit is dedicated to our school community and well suited to continue her appointment with the LOCS Board of Education. Please join me in voting to re-elect Birgit McQuiston to the board in 2020.

Valerie LeTendre

Orion Twp.