Candidate for
Board Member; Oak Hills Local School District

Steven Paul Schinkal

Age: 53 Married, wife Denise Children: Edward, Age 34, Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff, Jennifer, Age 30, Convenient Store Manager, Victoria, Age 26, CBS Personnel, Site Manager, JD, Age 13, 8th Grade + Rapid Run Middle School, Nick, Age 10, 5th Grade + Springmyer,

Member St. Jude Parish, Graduated Elder High School, 1972, Associates Degree in Electronics, 1974, Attended UC, OCAS - Mechanical Engineering Program, Completed School Board Candidates Workshop, Ohio School Board Association, 9/07, Six Sigma Greenbelt

My professional career has been in Project and Operations Management for over 20 years. I have held positions of Branch Operations Manager, Regional Operations Manager and Director of Field Operations for national companies in the manufacturing and contracting industry. My past employment has always required a high degree of travel which prevented me from becoming active in the local community. My current job requires much less travel and time away from home and family.

I am currently serving my second term on the Oak Hills School Board Finance Audit Committee. My decision to run for School Board, was after being informed that current Board Member, Russ Ratterman, was not running for another term. I saw this as an opportunity to step up to the School Board position and contribute in a more meaningful way to the community.

Key Priorities:

1) Maintain the quality education of the Oak Hills School District and continue to offer new and improved opportunities for students at all levels.

2) Maintain responsible and prudent spending that has been the hallmark of the Oak Hills School District.

3) Stabilize funding for the Oak Hills School District. The Ohio State Supreme Court has ruled, that the current method of funding schools in Ohio to be unconstitutional on more than one occasion. This problem has spanned both political parties for 30 years + it is time to find a solution.