Roy McGrath Answers Questions

Candidate for
Board Member; Cincinnati City School District

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Hamilton County and asked of all candidates for this office.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. What can Cincinnati Public Schools do to restore the public's confidence in their ability to educate the district students so parents will send and keep their children there?

"To slow down flight of motivated students from leaving CinP bSch, there is needed an incentive system for teachers to (see Paul Hill-Urban Schools) work on class size for effectiveness and not try to batch-process students as if they were cattle/commodity. Pay/bonus incentives!"

2. What effect(s) will the community (charter) schools have in the Cincinnati Public Schools?

Community/ charter schools in Ohio as well as Cincinnati Public School District will improve with competition- we can do it cheaper and more effective- efficiently if we realize that outside the district programs can cut union restraints, administrators hurdles and give more "in-school home work", not just take home home work.

3. Evaluate the adequacy of support services for special needs students in Cincinnati Public Schools?

No data available on this Special Education but is state and federally funded so not a part of levie argument/ promotion and is good career-track for teachers who are in lifetime teaching, not until gets married and have 1st child of their own and stay home.