Education

By Grace L. Kendrick

Grace has sat on the Sycamore School Board Planning Commission for the last two years and is committed to helping maintain and build the high standards necessary to keep Ohio schools focused on educating our children and giving them the tools they need to excel in life.

It is important to have high standards and to require that our children do well in English, Math, and Science as these are the building blocks to any successful career in Ohio. We must teach in English, the language of America, because to be successful in America, you must be fluent in America's language. Math and Science comprehension is essential to do well in Ohio and yet, the numbers of those who teach Math and Science are not where they should be.

We must pay better teachers - better pay. Teachers can make or break the way our children learn and therefore make or break how they excel in life.

Grace believes:

We need to pay teachers more for teaching Math and Science. We need to pay those teachers who teach our Advanced students at a higher rate. We need to better reward teachers who are identified by their peers and the parents to be in the top teachers of their schools through compensation at a higher rate. And we must make sure that tax dollars are going into the schools from where the taxes are paid. In addition, cutting costs while focusing on ways to increase the education of each and every child must be the focus. Grace Kendrick commits to being focused on these issues.

Paid for by: The Committee to Elect Grace Kendrick for State Representative: 3880 W. Montgomery Rd., Loveland, Ohio 45140 Lisa M. Kessler, Treasurer