About
Roger is a retired Army Infantry officer. He earned a bachelor of science at Cal Poly Pomona, California, an MBA from Syracuse University and a Masters of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. Roger and his wife, Marcy, lived and worked in Puebla, Mexico for 20 years where they founded a private K-12 learning center and are still involved in administration, funding and teaching.
Roger Oliver, candidate for SASD (Sheboygan Area School District). Who controls education controls the future. Education is a family matter and a local endeavor. That means empowering parents, valuing students, and supporting teachers as individuals. Education must focus on developing the verbal and numeric skills to analyze and to make conclusions based on logic and evidence.
“We moved to Sheboygan in February, 2021, after 20+ years of ministry work in Puebla, Mexico. My wife, Marcy, has family in Kenosha, so Wisconsin was a natural fit. Friends from Sheboygan rented us an apartment above their house. It was God's calling us to this place and time. Since then, our widowed daughter and our son moved to Sheboygan from California. It is a blessing to have the family so close.”
“Sheboygan is charming, mostly because of the wonderful people that Marcy and I have met. We began volunteering with Great Marriages and attend Grace OPC. I volunteered at the election polls three times in 2024. This is our home.”
- Retired U.S. Army Infantry Major
- Comptroller for the 82nd Airborne Division
- MBA from Syracuse University
- Masters of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary
- Former President of the DeSoto, Texas Rotary Club
- Lifelong trainer, teacher, and administrator
- Fluent in Spanish
- Volunteer at Great Marriages
- Founder of Pierre Viret Learning Center, Puebla, Mexico K-12
- Teaches high school economics by Zoom to students in Mexico
“Whoever controls the schools, controls the future. That should be local families and teachers, not the educational establishment. A passing grade is not good enough. We can do better. It's time for a change.” –Roger Oliver
Goals
Roger is committed to focusing our schools on academics. We should focus on reading and math.
Students
Education must focus on developing the verbal and numeric skills to analyze and to make conclusions based on logic and evidence. The decision to include any values instructions that competes with the development of these skills must be supported by hard data that it is actually needed. It must also be regularly evaluated to determine if it is producing the desired and published results.
Teachers
Reward good teachers: Student performance should be evaluated objectively. Where we are failing, we should seek creative means to improve and review our policies to eliminate those that may be holding our students back or keeping talented and dedicated teachers from adapting to a child's needs. Dropping our standards to look good shortchanges the students, parents, teachers and the future of our community.
Encourage teacher creativity: Teachers should feel freedom to work with parents and experiment with methods that work best for individual children.
Taxpayers
Parents and taxpayers expect transparency and accountability in the use of funds and that they will not be paying for programs that are contrary to their values and morals.
Before burdening taxpayers with more taxes, let's focus on improving our schools' output.
Parents
Listen to parents and teachers to champion their children's education.
Get Involved
Vote
- At your polling place on April 1.
- Or early at your clerk’s office starting March 18.