2010 Voter's Guide

The Hillsborough Education Foundation works to invest community resources to help students achieve academic success.  Our vision is to enhance public education in Hillsborough County Public Schools through private support.  We believe that the partnership and support of the School Board is critical to the success of this mission.  For this reason, we, in conjunction with the Tampa Tribune - News In Education, produced a Voter's Guide to help inform Hillsborough County voters about the 2010 candidates for the School Board.

We thank all the collaborators who helped make this publication possible.  We'd also like to thank the school board candidates for agreeing to appear in our Voter's Guide.  We hope you will find this guide useful in helping you with the voting process.

Follow the links below to read about the candidates who appeared in this year's Voter's Guide, as well as their responses to questions covering key issues for Hillsborough County.

Biographies

District 2

Frank Hernandez          Candy Olson

District 4

Richard Bartels          Jennifer Faliero          Stacy White          Kirk Faryniasz

District 6

Benjamin Fink          Sally Harris          Terry Kemple           April Griffin

Where they stand...

1. What experience do you have in public service and with goverment, corporate, or non-profit boards?
2. What experience do you have in governance over a multi-million dollar budget?
3. What will you do as a school board member to assure school quality and support the goal of high achievement for every student?
4. What programs and areas do you consider most vital and deserving of the highest protection from budget cuts?
5. What strategies do you believe are important to ensure school safety?
6. What are your thoughts on the importance of career academies and career centers within Hillsborough County Public Schools?
7. Hillsborough County Public Schools recently started work on the Empowering Effective Teachers initiative.  How do you see this initiative aiding in the county's ability to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers?
8. How do you see the Empowering Effective Teachers initiative aiding in supporting student achievement?
9. What do you believe are the most effective ways to evaluate school and student performance?
10. What is your stance on school choice?
11. How will you help schools engage the parents and community to ensure school quality?

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