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DATE
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TOPIC
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02/01/12
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Testimony in front of the
House Education Committee in opposition to HB191 and the minimum school year
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01/23/12
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Treasurer’s Advisory Committee Update and Race to
the Top Update
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12/19/11
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Reflecting back on the district's
administrative transition plan
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12/19/11
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Legislative update on House Bill 136
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12/19/11
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Comments about the district's new Wireless
Communication Device policy
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10/24/11
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Comments regarding the
district's latest five year forecast (Link to
Forecast)
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10/24/11
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Committee updates on our Wireless
Communications Device policy and Race to the Top
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09/14/11
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Testimony in
front of the House Education Committee in Opposition to HB136
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08/22/11
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Comments
recognizing the almost 6 years of service from our retiring Superintendent,
Dr. Melissa Conrath.
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08/22/11
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Convocation Address
to the Administrators, Teachers and Staff of the Worthington School District
(VIDEO)
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07/25/11
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Comments
regarding the administrative compensation and benefit policy
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07/25/11
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Comments in
recognition of Mark Glasbrenner's last board meeting as Assistant
Superintendent
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07/25/11
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Legislative update
on HB153 and the requirements regarding principal evaluations
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06/27/11
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Comments in support of
the contract between the Board and the Worthington Education Support
Professionals (WESP)
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06/13/11
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Comments in support of
the contract between the Board and the Worthington Education Association
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06/13/11
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Comments about our graduation,
other events and House Bill 136
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06/01/11
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Comments about our
Superintendent Search and welcoming Dr. Thomas Tucker to the District.
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05/09/11
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Comments in opposition to a
resolution calling for an increase in state funding of education
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04/18/11
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Comments about the
Superintendent Search Profile Results
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04/13/11
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Prepared
Remarks for the House Education Committee in opposition to HB136
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03/28/11
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Comments about House Bill
136 and EdChoice scholarships
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03/17/11
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Prepared Remarks for the
House Labor Committee supportive of collective bargaining reform
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02/15/11
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Prepared Remarks for the
Senate Labor Committee supportive of collective bargaining reform
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02/14/11
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Comments about Congressman
Stivers visit to Liberty Elementary and a legislative update
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02/09/11
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Prepared Remarks in
Opposition to Eliminating the Five Year Forecast Requirement
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01/24/11
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Comments about Race to the
Top and a Legislative Update
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01/10/11
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Comments about the
Worthington Kilbourne International Baccaleureate presentation/proposal
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01/10/11
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Nomination speech for
Jennifer Best as Vice President of the Board of Education for 2011
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12/13/10
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Comments in
support of the Liberty Elementary School LEAPS renewal program
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12/13/10
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Comments recognizing
T. J. Cusick for his contributions to the district
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11/22/10
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Comments in opposition
to the Worthington Education Support Professionals (WESP) union agreement
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11/22/10
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Comments supportive of
the Tax Increment Finance arrangement between the City of Worthington
and Worthington City Schools
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10/25/10
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Comments about the
district's five year forecast
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10/11/10
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Comments about the proposal
to lease part of the Worthington Education Center
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09/20/10
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Comments about the
Performance Audit conducted by the state of Ohio
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08/23/10
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Comments about charter
schools, disposition of federal funds and Value-Add testing methodology
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06/28/10
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Comments about the
performance audit, the School Funding Advisory Council and the Creativity and
Innovation conference
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06/14/10
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Comments about our departing
Student Board Members
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05/24/10
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Comments about the
difficulties in making structural changes in the district
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04/26/10
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Comments about the salary
schedule for administrators
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04/12/10
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Treasurer's Advisory
Committee Update and Finance Committee Update.
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03/22/10
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Comments about the Board
Member Code of Ethics
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03/08/10
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Statewide STEM conference
update, TAC update, UMCH update, SBOE update.
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02/08/10
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Treasurer’s Advisory
Committee Report
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01/25/10
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Brief Comments on Mr.
Wilson's speech of January 11, 2010
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01/11/10
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Looking back on 4 years and
looking forward to 4 more
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12/14/09
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Comments about shadowing a special
education assistant, the OSU airport and legislative affairs.
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11/23/09
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Comments about the ODE
Center for Creativity and Innovation
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11/11/09
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Comments about the OSBA
Capital Conference
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10/26/09
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Comments about the
District's Five Year Forecast
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09/14/09
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Comments in opposition to
the WEA offer to pre-negotiate the 2011-2012 union agreement
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08/24/09
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Attempting
to define "sustainability" and some thoughts on a project to make
our district sustainable
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08/24/09
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Comments on property
taxes, the state report card and on Worthington's funding under the EBM
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08/17/09
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Comments in support of placing
the levy on the ballot and the need for a sustainability project
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08/10/09
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Sharing some thoughts about
our upcoming levy decision
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07/28/09
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Comments about the Practice
of Retire/Rehire in Worthington
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07/28/09
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Comments about the final
chapter of Ohio's 2009 Budget Saga and its impact on Worthington
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07/13/09
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Legislative Update on the
Ohio Budget and proposing a 2 year levy instead of a 3 year levy
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07/10/09
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Introducing the concept
of a spending cap in the Worthington School District
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06/08/09
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Comments about how
Worthington moves forward after the levy vote
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06/08/09
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Comments about the
status of HB1 and the Ohio Budget
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06/08/09
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Presenting the BOE
Impact Award to Dr. David and Ms Bronwynn Hopton.
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05/11/09
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Comments about the results
of the May 5, 2009 Worthington Levy.
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04/27/09
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Comments about the
SPAC report.
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04/27/09
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Comments about House Bill 1
and our meeting with Rep. Carney
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04/13/09
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Comments about the
SPAC report and Worthington's Cocurricular program.
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04/13/09
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Additional Comments about
the Governor's Education Proposal
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03/09/09
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Comments about the Governor's
Education Proposal as it relates to Worthington
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02/09/09
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Comments in favor of
placing a 7.4 mill operating levy on the May, 2009 ballot
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02/09/09
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Comments about
the Board Resolution regarding potential windfalls from state and federal
legislation
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02/09/09
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Comments about the
Governor's Education Plan
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01/26/09
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Open questions
regarding the May, 2009 levy decision
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01/26/09
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Comments about the impact of
SB311 on our high school curriculum and other legislative matters
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01/26/09
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Presenting the
BOE Impact Award to Keith Schlarb.
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11/24/08
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Comments about the
compensation increase for the Superintendent, the Governor's Conversation on
funding and Shadowing of a WESP employee.
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10/27/08
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Comments about the
resignation of Paul Cynkar and the percentage of
households with kids in the district
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10/13/08
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Comments
about the new WEA contract
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09/22/08
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Comments
about the budget proposal submitted by the State Board of Education
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08/11/08
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Comments about the OSBA
Legislative Platform Committee
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06/23/08
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Comments about making sure
that Worthington Schools remain affordable
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05/09/08
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Comments about E-Sembler and the Governor's institute for creativity in
education
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05/09/08
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Committee reports from
the Treasurer's Advisory Committee and the Finance Committee
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05/09/08
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Comments about exempting
athletes from physical education
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05/09/08
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Comments about the
Slate Hill International Baccalaureate proposal
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04/28/08
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In Celebration of the
district's contributions to a video addressing school bus safety and bullying
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04/28/08
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Committee reports about
the treasurer's advisory committee and the personnel committee
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04/28/08
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Comments about the death of
the constitutional amendment and board policy
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04/14/08
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Comments about the process
used to move Colonial Hills 6th grade to KMS for the 2008-2009 year.
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03/31/08
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Comments about the
District's high school reform initiative.
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03/31/08
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Comments about the plans
that might be employed to fix school funding in Ohio
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03/10/08
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Comments about the March
primary election, Technology in the district and the OSBA legislative
platform
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02/26/08
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Comments about Worthington
Schools Participation in the Metro School.
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02/25/08
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Comments about the change in
agenda format
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02/11/08
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Comments about the library
retreat and Governor Strickland's State of the State
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01/28/08
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Comments about the 2008
Board Retreat
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01/14/08
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Comments
about the agenda format, 2008 technology directions and the 2009 levy
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12/10/07
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Legislative Update regarding
Senator Schuring Constitutional Amendment
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11/26/07
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Legislative Update
specifically concerning employee retire/rehire
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10/22/07
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Comments about the
District's new five year forecast
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09/24/07
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In opposition to the district's
decision to suspend tuition payments for the K+ program
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09/24/07
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Comments on Employee Health
Care costs
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08/13/07
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Comments on the
recently completed treasurer search
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08/13/07
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In Support of Middle
School Baseball and Softball
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08/13/07
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In Support of the
pay raise for substitute teachers with a plea to get a handle on the
programmatic and financial impact of substitutes
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08/13/07
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Legislative Update
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07/09/07
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In support of Middle
School Baseball with a study for a comprehensive review of the cocurricular program.
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07/09/07
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Legislative Update
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06/11/07
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In opposition to the
district's decision to make the 2008 Election Day a school holiday.
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06/11/07
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Board Update: Transitional
Aid Guarantee and other topics.
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06/07/07
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(Senate Finance Committee):
In support of the transitional aid guarantee and other topics.
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05/21/07
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In opposition to Jennifer
Best's Resolution supporting placing amendment on ballot and signing petition
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05/21/07
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Question for Special Guest
Speaker Jim Betts regarding Constitutional Amendment
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05/07/07
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Comments about the
Constitutional Amendment and a Legislative Update.
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04/23/07
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Treasurer's Advisory Update,
Legislative Advocacy Update
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04/17/07
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(House Finance Committee):
In Support of the Transitional Aid Guarantee and other topics
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04/09/07
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In opposition to the
Constitutional Amendment
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02/14/07
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In Opposition to the
Constitutional Amendment and reporting on the school employee health care
board.
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12/11/06
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In Support of the December
Five Year Forecast
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10/30/06
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In Frustration about the
timing of the November five year forecast
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08/14/06
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In Support of the November,
2006 Bond Levy.
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07/24/06
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In Support of Middle School
Baseball and in Opposition to SPAC
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02/13/06
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Comments about the May, 2006
levy decision
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