Schools
School Committee Candidate Jeffrey Starr Mararian
He is one of seven candidates running for two seats on the Seekonk School Committee.
Seekonk Patch sent a list of questions to the seven candidates running for two school committee seats in the April 1 election. Below are the questions along with the answers submitted by candidate Jeffrey Starr Mararian.
—Jonathan Friedman, editor
Name:Â Honorable Justice Jeffrey Starr Mararian
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Age:Â Somewhere between 39 and death
How many years have you lived in Seekonk? Almost all of my legendary life
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How many children do you have in the Seekonk public schools? Do you have any children who previously attended Seekonk public schools or plan to send children to the Seekonk Public schools in the future? One daughter at Seekonk High School
What is your current involvement with the school district (PTO membership, volunteering, etc.)? I will not be a rubber stamp for the school district.
What is your day job? If you are retired, what was your former job? Private detective/investigator
Why are you running for school committee? For what's in the best interest of the children and the Seekonk taxpayers
What makes you a better choice than your opponents? I'm not a school teacher or a nurse or a teenager or a former elected official and I am a voice, not an echo, and my word is good.
What is the state of the school district? Are there problems that need fixing? If so, what would you do to fix them? Watch my TV9 school committee show No. 2 with my "Contract for Seekonk" that will fix the problems. I'm not the problem, I'm the solution.
As a member of the school committee, you have just one vote and need at least two people to agree with you to get anything approved. How well do you work with others? What is your experience with productively working in a group? I'm the lone wolf. I can't be bullied or intimidated or bought. And I don't make deals. I work for the taxpayers.
What do you like to do in your free time? Play tennis with my daughter Hope and work on my autobiography titled The Unofficial Mayor of Seekonk.
Is there anything else we should know about you? I'm a legend in my own time.
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