League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 3, 2009 Election
	Mary Welsh Schlueter 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.
Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).

Questions & Answers

1. What are your Qualifications for Office? (50 word limit)

As a CPS parent, elected Trustee, business owner, educator and author, I offer a breadth of experience to help push CPS in its achievement goals. As a student, educator and alumna of Harvard University, UC, Victoria University, and as an international business advocate (US Fulbright), I have a record of creating - and meeting - accelerated educational goals.

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

Currently, the CPS Office of Innovation -- an Office that I plan to serve as BOE liaison during my elected tenure -- has many plans for achieving success within the district. Introducing new, best practice teaching methodologies, initiating teacher-run schools with full responsibility for achieving results, and providing new tools for benchmarking student success and educational transparency are important to speed achievement. Moreover, as business stakeholders seek to include CPS students into their programs, CPS can imitate co-op job learning programs, preparing them for success in the 21st century.

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 support the "year around school" pilot program, but only if the school program is teacher-directed, with complete ownership of results. A 12 month school would be best implemented in areas of extremely low achievement, where achievement results could be best measured over a shorter time horizon. Improvement against targeted benchmarks would result in greater remuneration pay packages (above contracted salary) and other employment incentives.

---

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. Word limits apply for each question. Direct references to opponents are not permitted.

Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).

Candidate Page || Feedback to Candidate || This Contest
SmartVoter Home (Ballot Lookup) || About Smart Voter

---

Created from information supplied by the candidate: September 27, 2009 14:57
Smart Voter <http://www.smartvoter.org/>
Copyright © League of Women Voters of California Education Fund   http://www.lwvc.org
The League of Women Voters neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office or political parties.