A CALL FOR LEADERSHIP CHANGE
IN THE DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

PETITION

We, the undersigned residents, taxpayers, parents, and members of the Dubuque community, are calling for the resignation of Superintendent Amy Hawkins.

The Dubuque Community School District is facing significant challenges that will require strong leadership, public trust, financial accountability, and a clear vision for the future.

• Leadership and qualifications: Residents have serious concerns about whether the current administration has demonstrated the leadership and experience necessary to guide the district through the difficult decisions ahead.
• Financial accountability: We have questions about administrative compensation, salary priorities, and whether district spending reflects the financial realities facing taxpayers and families.
• Declining enrollment: We are concerned about the loss of students to other districts and the factors within the district's control that may be contributing to those departures.
• Public trust: Decisions affecting schools, students, employees, and taxpayers require transparency, accountability, and meaningful community involvement.
• The future of our schools: Before making major decisions about school closures, restructuring, or staffing, the community deserves confidence in the leadership making those decisions.
We recognize that the challenges facing the district are complex. However, we believe the community must have confidence in the person leading the district through this period of change.

We believe a change in leadership is necessary to begin rebuilding public trust and establishing a new direction for Dubuque's public schools.

We respectfully call upon Amy Hawkins to resign as Superintendent of the Dubuque Community School District and ask the Board of Education to begin the process of identifying new leadership.

Our children's education, our neighborhood schools, and the future of our community deserve accountability and leadership the public can trust.