League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 8, 2005 Election
	Sheryl Felner Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member; Wyoming City School District

Questions & Answers

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

Nine year resident, husband Jim, Middle School Daughters Molly and Caroline. Committees: Citizens Advisory Chairperson, Alternative Funding, Finance Education, Primary Facilities, Primary Playground Fundraising, Room Mom six years, Former P&G Purchasing Manager, Commodity Trader Louis Dreyfus, BA Economics Wellesely, MBA Cornell. Attended 80% of the last 4 years Board meetings.

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

Follow the Strategic Plan. Continue to align curriculum, focus on the achievement gap. Motivate District leadership and residents to be honestly self-critical, look outside for tested ideas, adopt proven innovations. Keep current successful processes. Wyoming's generous financial support of education is being tested by increasing local responsibility and costs. I will focus, prioritize needs and engage stakeholders in the work of educating with excellence and fiscal restraint. Our District is small, with needs and opportunities for resident involvement and support. I would: evaluate communication versus public need for information and input, clarify involvement opportunities and processes for input.

3. What will you do as a Board of Education member to increase parental involvement in your school system? (100 word limit)

Parents are partners and a great strength in the success of Wyoming students. To increase parent participation I will: 1.Clearly and continuously communicate current opportunities. 2.Evaluate, with data, current involvement and look for gaps in participation or barriers to involvement 3. Seek input from teachers and administrators to target parent involvement toward student learning 4. Engage the whole community, not just parents, in the opportunities of the District.

4. As a candidate, how can you improve community relations with residents?

Generations of Wyoming children have benefitted from the strong support of our schools by Wyoming residents. People choose to stay in, or move to Wyoming for the excellent education this community continues to provide. Our community, including those without children in school, has participated heavily in funding, academic and extracurricular volunteering, parental support, and direction setting. On School Board, I will look for opportunities to involve more residents in the activities of the District. Some opportunities include: membership on working committees, encouraging board meeting attendance, and increased contact with administrators and Board members. The District is the steward of our community's children and money. I will work to broaden resident understanding of long and short term finances and the direction and results of our education system.