To the editor:

I am writing this in full support of Rebecca Cohen and a position in the Fayetteville-Manlius Board of Education.

I have known Rebecca very well since kindergarten at Fayetteville-Elementary (and actually we were both born at Crouse Hospital and in the nursery together). We have remained very close friends and I have seen throughout the years her tremendous ability to be a mother, lawyer, educator, mediator and voice in the community.

Her education and professional accomplishments are very impressive to say the least, from being student council president at F-M High School, her degree from Brown University, becoming an attorney and also a licensed mediator.

What I think is most important is that she is a very dedicated mother of three young children and has a genuine desire and vested interest in making our district the very best it can be. She demonstrates on a daily basis exactly the type of person we would want and need for our children in the community. Also, Rebecca is excellent at resolving conflict and able to see both sides to issues, which has made her a great mediator in the legal profession.

Lyndsay Raasch Burns

Fayetteville