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I want to thank you for everything you have done to help me. The results did not go our way, but that is how this goes and over the last two time I ran I have proven that there is still a considerable number of discontented voters who supported me. We did run a great campaign and I think we were at least 1.5 to 2.5 better than the other candidates, but the internal unions fear change which is why they endorsed my opponents and supported them financially and with manpower.

The Toledo Journal mentioned some of the following in their endorsement:

"Students attending Toledo Public Schools will enjoy better futures and the district as a whole will move dramatically in the right direction with the election of ... Chris Myers to the board of education."

Update: The story has been updated and the Blade will run a correction in tomorrow's paper.

My response to the question "Do you believe in mandatory parent volunteer hours?" was wrong in the Blade. I said “Can’t and no”. TPS was already in trouble with the State before on this issue. Grove Paterson once had a similar policy. The State auditor said TPS cannot make mandatory volunteer hours because it is considered a form of tuition, TPS had to stop it. There is no way State law will allow us to do this which is why I would oppose any policy.

Candidate: Chris Myers

Address: 1952 Talbot St, Toledo, OH 43613

Age (on Oct. 21): 32

Web site (if any): http://myersforschoolboard.com

Party Affiliation: Republican

Education (school and degree):
1. Huron High School, Huron Ohio
2. Bachelor of Education in Secondary Social Studies - University of Toledo 1998 - Cum Laude
3. Master’s of Education in Education Technology - University of Toledo 2000

Occupation:
Webmaster for the University of Michigan School of Education

Why are you qualified to be on the Toledo Board of Education?

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Check out this talk at the National Governors Association meeting. Mr. Schmidt talks about public policy and also education and technology. I agree with what he says and think it is the way we are supposed to go.

Chris Myers Announces TPS’s Failure to Comply with NCLB Federal Law

Toledo, Ohio. Chris Myers, Republican candidate for Toledo Public Schools Board of Education, announces that he will hold a press conference to present information about two elementary schools in the Toledo Public Schools district that have gone six straight years without improvement.

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Place: Kent Branch Library
3101 Collingwood Blvd.

The media is respectfully requested to be present.

Here is a really good story in the American School Board Journal about how to get parents involved in schools.

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