League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton, Butler County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Elaine (Stahley) Gauck Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member; Northwest Local School District

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 word limit)

Life-long resident of NWLSD; Manage two business located in district. I manage a Manufactured Home Community as well as a Convenient type store; Member of the Board of Directors for the OMHA and Treasurer for the local chapter; Secretary of CTBA and involved with Scholarship Endowment Fund; Attend School Board meetings on a regular basis; involved with Black Tie Gala which raises money for Scholarship Endowment Fund

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

1. Be accountable to taxpayers and be open with what the School Board does.
2. Keep good teachers; encourage families to become more involved with their children's learning.
3. Help to find options for parents to get their children to school safely.

3. What is your position on amending the Ohio Constitution with regard to the funding of public schools? (150 word limit)?

I don't think we need to add an Amendment to the Ohio Constitution. I do believe that we need to make our Senators and State Representatives as well as our Governor accountable. This problem has been used as a political football long enough. I have talked to many politicians when in Columbus for Small Business Day at the Capitol and most of them don't really have an answer. I do hear that some of the top Administrative salaries are too high. We need to have less Administrative Staff and more teachers. An amendment to the Ohio Constitution cannot change where the money is spent by the different entities. Only the voters in each locality can do that.

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