Lauren Coupland is the strongest candidate for School Board, District 3. She has the background, knowledge, and understanding to be an effective and involved school board member, while adding a fresh perspective on a board where all other members are incumbents. 

Lauren has hands-on classroom experience as a high school teacher working with non-traditional students who needed some out-of-the-box expertise to get to graduation. She has also been an active and involved LAPS parent since 2017. In addition, she has organized PTO events, volunteered in her children’s classrooms, and worked on district-wide committees. 

On top of all that, she is the person many of us have reached out to at one time or another to get advice on navigating the Los Alamos special education system. As a former educator, Lauren understands the terminology used by schools and helps parents brainstorm effective ways to communicate. She is able to translate the official jargon in school documents into plain language, which will help stakeholders engage with the issues more easily.

If you’ve attended any school board meetings in the last few years, you’ve experienced the power of Lauren’s voice, as it seems like she’s spoken at nearly every meeting. Sometimes she’s thanking board members or administrators for their hard work, sometimes she’s pointing out important details that may have been overlooked, and sometimes she’s challenging the status quo and looking for straight answers to the hard questions. She is thorough, thoughtful, and passionate and we are confident that she will continue to ask those hard questions of herself and others as a board member. 

Early voting ends Saturday. Please join us in supporting her by casting your vote for Lauren Coupland for School Board. 

Sincerely, 

Amanda Neukirch

Amanda Waldschmidt

Amelia and Adam Epperson

Anna & Jonathan Pietarila Graham

Ashley Sanders-Jackson

Barbara Kaldi

Barbara Royer

Bernadine and Terry Goldman

Bill Priedhorsky

Brandon Zerbe

Brittany St.Jacques Dowd

Caleb Fink

Carrie and Moss Shimek

Carrie Manore

Dave and Michelle Holtkamp

Erin Tatge

Ginny White

Janette Darlington

Jim Dowd

John and Nancy Bliss

Julie Wiens

Karen N. M. Brown

Karen Holmes

Kathryn and T. Wesley Hall

Katie Belobrajdic

Kelly & Michael Dolejsi

Kristy Mack

Kyle Hickmann

Lindsey Bargelt

Luke Hovey

Mandie Gehring

Mark and Joy Durham

Marley Beasley

Matt Pierce

Melissa Bartlett

Melissa Doran

Melissa Mackey

Mia Paley-Williams

Michael Rosenow

Mike and Lissie Ham

Morgan & Sarah White

Natalier Cooper

Petra Shipman

Phil and Jessica Hoffer

Rachel & John Pearson

Reid Priedhorsky

Secilli Keeler

Seth & Beth Brown

Teresa Ritter

Trinity Overmyer

Wendy K. Caldwell