League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Eve Bolton Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member; Cincinnati City School District

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 word limit)

I am a graduate of CPS and a veteran Wyoming High School teacher. My expertise and public service experiences have prepared me to raise CPS performance. As County Recorder I reinvigorated the office by reorganizing the workforce, flattening the bureaucracy, increasing communication and collaboration, all of which CPS needs now.

2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit)

• Selection of a new Superintendent and the election of new Board members could end the factional miscommunication on the Board and between the Board and Superintendent as referenced in the STRIVE Report.
• In this new transparent environment we can restructure the bureaucracy, institute more formalized communication and budget development. We can implement the strategic plan, set annual goals, and strengthen our partnerships with corporate, labor and NGO supporters. We can make curricular and extracurricular changes that encourage students to graduate and extend their day because they receive support, remediation and career path guidance.

3. What is your position on amending the Ohio Constitution with regard to the funding of public schools? (150 word limit)?

If the legislature and governor don't find a remedy for school funding in the next two years, the people will have to initiate a Constitutional amendment. Any solution must address the inequities and the burdens that result from too heavy a reliance on property tax. Three solutions might be to force a greater allocation of state funds generally, equalize the funding gaps specifically or radically redesign the entire tax structure in Ohio in order to reduce the property tax and make more equitable dollars spent on Ohio children. Any one of the solutions could help solve the funding problem. However I want local communities to keep control and schools to remain accountable to their tax payers. In the meantime the state needs to end unfunded mandates, exempt excellent districts from state measurement and greatly increase the Poverty Base Funding per student. After all, achievement gaps revolve around socio-economic differences.

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