Candidate: Will "Coach " Fonseca

Dear Neighbors!

My name is Coach Will Fonseca and I have called Osceola County home for over 22 years. Thank you for taking the time to read about me. I am a family man with 2 kids in school, a special olympics coach, a mortgage loan officer, and if elected, a school board member who is willing to advocate for all students, even children with special needs. I believe in community over politics, and the agenda should always focus on our students first!

I understand the impact schools have on our children. I also realize that there is rampant growth and the district needs solid leadership to make sure that students and staff have everything they need to be successfull. As a mortgage loan officer, I see firsthand the need for financial education and understand the role of proper budgeting habits.

After many hours of research and conversations, I realized the need to heed the same advice I preach to my student atheletes, “when you see something that needs to be done, don’t be a bystander, be the one that takes action.” I refuse to live my life on the sidelines, I am willing to put my hat in the ring and fight for a better tomorrow. It starts with our kids and their education is the pathway to success.

As a coach who teaches multiple sports and as a community leader who sits on different local government boards, I am ready to make a difference for the education of our children. For these reasons, I have decided to run for Osceola County School Board in District 4.

I humbly ask for your vote to allow me the opportunity to work with staff, dedicated teachers, community leaders, and fellow school board members to help educate the next generation of leaders in Osceola County.

My vision goes beyond the classroom. It provides students with educational opportunities that are holistic, realistic, and applicable to the real world. That vision includes:

• Real world experiences that include internships for high schoolers that prepare them for the workforce of tomorrow.
• Rebuilding collaborative relationships with staff and teachers to ensure that the entire district is focused on student success. We need to take care of our teachers and support staff. (Those who work the closest to our students)
• School safety and security that includes documenting all reports and maintaining School Resource Officers in our schools.
• Study after study shows that music and the arts activate areas of learning that increases retention and sense of accomplishment.
• Advocate for our students with disabilities. Lets Acknowledging that our students with disabilities have parents that are actively engaged and need to be informed of progress.
• Athletics programs that promote positive characteristics that will keep our students competitive, healthy, strong minded, and disciplined with a work ethic that can carry over to all apects of their lives.
• Last, but certainely not least, transparency in the way the board and district teaches ours students and how they conduct business (from passing the annual budget to awarding contracts to vendors).

I feel that my commonsense approach to finding solutions and my lifelong commitment to the community, will not only benefit our students, but our district and our county. Our students, parents and our teachers deserve the best, and I intend to deliver that. I humbly ask and hope that you support me as I embark on this journey.

Thank you and God bless you.

Want to know more about Coach Will Fonseca

A little more about me; Osceola County is where I met my lovely wife and high school sweetheart, Lucy. We both graduated from Gateway High School. Go Panthers! Osceola County is where my two children, Ryko and Leilany have always attended school. Leilany has recently been blesed with being accepted to the Osceola County School for the Arts.

My father has worked in the electrical and construction field for more than 30 years, and my mother (and now sister) has devoted the last 20+ years of her life working for the Osceola Council on Aging. In my free time, I partner up with them to help seniors visiting for the day and sometimes I deliver meals on wheels to the seniors at home.

I have coached local youth organizations for about 15 years and I have sat on various boards in the city, county and school district. I have always been involved through community service with organizations such as The Special Olympics and The Council on Aging. My older brother Frankie has been an athlete for the Special Olympics since I was a young kid and serves as an inspiration for my entry into coaching. To be completely honest, I can say that my brother instilled the passion of service for their are always people in society who are less fortunate and can use a hand up. With Special Olympics, I have volunteered as a partner, coach, and committee member. In recent years I have sat on the Osceola County School District SRO School Resource Officer Task Force, Osceola County Charter Review Board, and the City of Kissimmee's Value Adjustment Board.

My professional experience includes business management, consulting, insurance, marketing, investing, and real estate. I have worked with people in helping improve their credit scores and finacial standing to qualify for mortgages and have managed businesses with a multi-million dollar budget. I have been blessed and would like to pass on that experience by working for you on the school board. I believe in being student focused with a common-sense business approach.

I always welcome folks to reach out and feel free to let me know what you believe the schools are doing well and areas that need improvement. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

I look forward to representing you well on the school board.