The disappointment in the election results came in the race for Toledo Public Schools Board of Education.
The lines were clear; if you wanted union-driven status quo, your vote went to Jack Ford or Lisa Sobecki. If you wanted progressive change, your vote went to Cheryl Catlin or Chris Myers. By wide margins, voters played it safe, casting more than twice as many votes for Ford (31 percent) and Sobecki (30.6 percent) as they did for Myers (13 percent) and Catlin (11 percent).
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."
Read the Blade coverage of the Deveaux candidate forum.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071026/NEWS04/71...
El Tiempo had coverage of my YES proposal. They don't have it online, but you can pick up your copy today.
Read my responses to the Blade questionaire at:
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071021/NEWS04/71...
Chris Myers is still here. Myers, who finished out of the running in 2005 for a seat on the Toledo Board of Education, never really left the Toledo public school arena.
As he points out in a recent conversation with The Truth, Myers has been on the scene in the intervening two years attending school board meetings, using his experience as a webmaster to get information to the public and enhancing his own understanding of the problems that the district faces.
http://www.thetoledojournal.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=81367&sI...
School board candidate Chris Myers says that if elected, he will work to dismantle the Toledo Plan, the controversial teacher hiring/firing program that critics say is racist, sexist and keeps Toledo Schools’ increasingly diverse classrooms filled with white female teachers.
Academics is my first priority and this is why we cannot let these schools continue to fail.
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From the Blade:
Chris Myers, a candidate for the Toledo Board of Education in November, criticized the district yesterday and called on the system's leaders to develop plans for Pickett and Fulton.
"One portion of [No Child Left Behind] requires local school districts to do certain things when they have schools that have gone six straight years without improvement," Mr. Myers told reporters.
Read the entire story:
School board candidate Chris Myers agreed ..., calling for fiscal responsibility in a statement yesterday. He said the district needs to act more transparently and with more accountability.
"I am glad that my opponents agree that the district has a long way to go to earn the community trust regarding the issue of yet another tax levy," Mr. Myers said in the statement. "Many people are at the breaking point regarding their tax burden."
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070723/NEWS09/70...
Ward also refuted claims that the group’s goal is to get Chris Myers elected to the board saying, “Chris Myers could end up not being recommended,” Ward continued by telephone.
Chris Myers, says his strong education background, which includes a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education, along with his technological experience as a web designer for the University of Michigan’s school of education, is what he’ll bring to the board if elected.
