Dist. 202 Candidate Questionairre Response

Central Street Neighbors Association School Board Questionairre

Name:

District running for:

Voting address:

Years lived in school district:

Campaign website:

Campaign phone:

E-mail address:

Other websites on which you post campaign statements or positions:

Campaign Chair:

Treasurer:

Campaign manager or consultant(s):

Elective or appointive public or party offices previously held including dates:

What is your primary occupation?

Breifly list your past civic activities. If numerous list here the five most relevant:

What subjects have you studied and what experience have you had which will be most helpful to you as you serve on the school board?

Please list all endorsements you have received so far.  You may also use this space if desired to indicate what you consider to be your principal base(s) of support and why you want voters to consider your endorsements or support base.

Essence of Campaign. Briefly, why are you running and why should a voter give you one of his or her votes? How will electing you make a difference?

Educational philosophy. American education, and sometimes that in Evanston, is variously criticized as culturally biased in favor of dominant or privileged classes or groups and their culture, as too relativistic, as too coddling and mushy, as failing to prepare students for the 21st century economy, or as failing to teach basics, among others. What principal deficit(s) in American or Evanston education do you see, and what will you do as a local Board member to address this?

Superintendent. If elected this April, during your tenure you will have one or more opportunities to fire, hire, or extend the contract of a superintendent. What specific criteria, if any, including any quantitative performance criteria, will you use in your decision?

Expenditures. District 202's most recent posted total budget for all funds is over $72 million – which is over $23,000 per student. District median household income is less than $65,000. Is the current expenditure level necessary and sustainable?

Tracking. State succinctly and specifically what ETHS should be doing the same, more of, or differently with respect to differentiated or mixed-level instruction, tracking, and the honors program, and why.

Cost Shifting. What should the district be doing to prepare for the possibility that some or all costs of pension financing will be shifted to suburban and downstate districts, as they are for Chicago schools?