CANDIDATES | Profiles

An (*) denotes incumbent:
LARRY R. NORD*
Age: 64. Home: 216 E. Fairfield Ave., New Castle.Family: Wife, Kathie Hite Nord; sons, Mark, Matthew, Christopher and Brian.Education: Springfield Local High School; bachelor's degree at Youngstown State University; master's degree from Westminster College and additional graduate work at Akron and Kent State universities.Employment: Executive director of the Lawrence County Association for the Blind.Experience: Champion Township trustee, Ohio state representative and New Castle School board.Priority: "To help the New Castle School board function as a school board should."
BARBARA M. MCNEAL
Age: 53. Home: 311 E. Falls St., New Castle.Family: Daughter, Holland Williams.Education: Ph.D., from Kent State University in American Literature.Employment: Professor of English at Slippery Rock University.Experience: None.Priority: "If I am elected, the first and foremost aspect of the work ahead is the budget. There will not be an easy avenue to financial stability if the current school board goes forward with its plan to build a new high school, despite declining enrollment and falling population figures."
ANDREA PRZYBYLSKI
Age: 43. Home: 6 W. Laurel Ave., New Castle.Family: Single.Education: New Castle Senior High School; Youngstown State University, bachelor's degree; University of Pittsburgh, master's degree.Employment: Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Adult Services Librarian.Priority: " ... to improve the accountability of the public school system. There is no magic pill to cure the ills in our city school systems. However, there are several strategies that, when taken together, would go a long way in improving public education."