Dr. Jim Shaffer has announced he is a Republican candidate for university board director for the Indiana Location School District.
The university board is composed of 9 associates elected from the group whose activity it is to ensure the education of each and every college student in the district. Shaffer designs to cross-file for each events for the May 18 key election.
Shaffer has been a resident of Indiana Borough considering the fact that 2016 and grew up in Marion Center. He attended Marion Centre University District and went on to attain his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at St. Vincent College or university in Latrobe. He attained his Medical doctor of Osteopathic Medication from the Philadelphia Faculty of Osteopathic Medication, in which he obtained the Angus Gordon Cathie Scholarship. Board certified in family medication, he has devoted the vast majority of his profession working in unexpected emergency drugs.
Dr. Shaffer began his job in 2007 at the Punxsutawney Spot Healthcare facility unexpected emergency space. Serving the neighborhood as a result of all the things from delivering infants to resuscitating and stabilizing the critically ill. He presently performs at the unexpected emergency rooms at Clarion Medical center, Armstrong Centre for Drugs & Wellbeing and Indiana Regional Health-related Centre. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Shaffer has been on the entrance line diagnosing and managing some of the sickest patients in the spot.
Along with his spouse, Randi, who is a registered nurse, they have made advocating for little ones a major emphasis. Jointly they have hosted various overseas exchange pupils by means of International Pupil Exchange who attended Indiana Area Senior High University. Because 2016, learners from China, Brazil, Serbia and Spain have shared their customs and beliefs with the Shaffer residence. Opening their house also benefited the Indiana district and the surrounding neighborhood by enriching the diversity of the university student human body. They also share their property as foster mom and dad through Young children and Youth Services.
Their practical experience doing the job in emergency drugs has presented them eager perception into the lives of small children who have been neglected and abused. Opening their property to some of these little ones, even for a short time, will help to improve their social emotional studying. Shaffer explained he hopes to use this encounter to the gain of all of the Indiana-area learners. Shaffer has both equally a personal and specialist desire in bettering the area university technique. As a father of 5, he has one particular scholar enrolled at the junior significant university and just one enrolled at East Pike Elementary. With a 4-thirty day period-aged at residence who they are actively in the approach of adopting, Shaffer stated he wants to do his portion to make sure a strong school method for several years to appear.
“A audio schooling is a cornerstone of the well being and nicely-getting of kids. I believe my knowledge in dealing with the present pandemic on the entrance lines can be helpful in beating the issues our university method is facing.”