League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 3, 2009 Election
	Ceair J. Baggett 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)

As a Xavier Graduate and former successful Cincinnati Public Schools student I understand the issues confronting Cincinnati Public Schools from a businessman's and a student's perspective. Given my work in our schools and speaking to hundreds of our students I clearly understand the difficulties we face today.

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

1. As a CPS Board member I will endeavor to work collaboratively with local businesses and seek to build relationships similar to that of Cincinnati Bell and Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School. The investment and recreation of that historic school of which I am a successful product is a dramatic example of how we can rapidly improve student academic achievement in our district.
2. I will seek to create policies that designed to increase transparency of our administration and provide genuine innovative options for a positive community involvement with our students and the schools of our community.
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3. Would you support a "year around school" pilot program for grades K-5? Why would you support or oppose such a program? (100 word limit)

Yes, I would support the effort to develop a year around school pilot program. This will allow our district to compare and contrast the differences with each program, and find the best suitable program for our district.

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