League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Steven A. Harness Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member; Mount Healthy City School District

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Questions & Answers

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

1971 Mt. Healthy graduate Resident in the district for over 50 years Active with: Mt. Healthy Alumni Association Mt. Healthy Band Alumni Association Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council - Merit Badge Counselor Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church - Liturgist and Lay Leadership Committee Member The Cincinnati Silent Flyers - President and member of the Executive Board

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

Work with the staff and administration to understand the needs of our students, and meet those needs so that they can excel academically. Work with individual schools& staff to encourage parental involvement in their child's education. Continue to serve as Liason to City Council and Township

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

The State of Ohio Legislature must amend the State Constitution to make school funding more equitable to all school districts. The current system penalizes districts with a low industry-base, forcing more tax burden on the homeowner.

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