Preserve Educational Excellence
The academics, the small classes, the culture — these are the reasons families choose Roger Rowe. Protecting them is the job.
Bow Ruggeri for Rancho Santa Fe School Board
Preserving what makes Roger Rowe special.
I'm a Roger Rowe dad — a 2nd grader and a kindergartner this year. I'm running because a school this good doesn't stay this good on its own. It takes people paying careful attention, year after year.
Bow for Rowe
What I'd focus on
Protect what works. Plan for what's next.
Roger Rowe is an exceptional school. I'm not running to reinvent it. I'm running to help keep it strong — and to make sure the decisions we make now still look smart ten years from now.
Support Teachers and Staff
Great schools are made of great people. Recruiting them, backing them up, and keeping them here matters more than almost anything else.
Responsible Stewardship
Careful budgeting, honest tradeoffs, and healthy reserves — so the school stays steady through whatever the next few years bring.
Plan for the Future
Enrollment, facilities, curriculum, and technology deserve a real long-term plan, not a year-by-year scramble.
Why I'm running
Because good schools are worth looking after.
A few years ago my family moved here in large part because of this school. Since then I've watched my kids grow up in it — learning to read, making friends, coming home genuinely excited about a science project. It's easy to take that for granted. I don't.
I've also spent my career building and running organizations, which mostly taught me two things. First, the healthiest organizations are the ones where people are honest about tradeoffs instead of pretending there aren't any. Second, most good decisions come from listening carefully before you decide anything at all.
I don't have a list of things I want to overhaul. What I want is a board that asks good questions, explains its reasoning, keeps the finances in order, and thinks a decade ahead — so the school my kindergartner graduates from is at least as good as the one she just walked into.
If that sounds like the kind of steady, unglamorous work you'd want on the board, I'd appreciate your vote — and honestly, I'd appreciate your input even more.
Bow
Bow Ruggeri · Roger Rowe parent
Get involved
A campaign like this runs on neighbors.
There's no consultant behind this and no big budget. If you're willing to introduce me to a few families, host a coffee in your living room, or put a sign in your yard, that's genuinely how this works.
Or write to bow@bow.net. The full site — every priority in detail, an FAQ, and more ways to help — is coming soon.