FULL TERM

FULL TERM
LOCK P. BEACHUM SR.*
Age: 67; Home: 915 Colby St.Employment: Retired city schools administrator.Education: Burrell-Slater High School; bachelor's degree from Fayetteville University and master's degree from YSU.Family: Married, two children.Priority: Accelerating student learning; make sure district and schools have strong leadership; emphasis on the plan for continuous improvement.
MARILYN MONTES GONZALEZ*
Age: 45; Home: 1639 Wellington St.Employment: Human resource director, Youngstown Area Community Action Council.Education: East High School; seeking bachelor's degree in business administration.Family: Two children.Priority: Ensuring that all children are receiving the learning opportunities available to them.
ROBERT C. KORCHNAK
Age: 37; Home: 2532 Cooper St.Employment: Security guard.Education: Cardinal Mooney High School; senior at YSU studying industrial engineering and combined sociology.Family: Single.Priority: Improve quality of education, help increase test scores and help graduate students who are computer literate.
JOHN J. MALUSO*
Age: 77; Home: 2818 DeCamp Road.Employment: Retired city schools administrator.
Education: Chaney High School; bachelor's degree from Youngstown State University; master's degree in speech pathology from Kent State University.Family: Wife, Claire; one son and one daughter.Priority: Improve attendance, test scores, graduation rate and staff morale.
JOSEPH F. RAFIDI
Age: 48; Home: 3625 South Ave.Employment: Attorney; president and chief executive of The Presidential Group.Education: Boardman High School; bachelor's degree in political science from Youngstown State University, law degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.Family: Four sons.Priority: The financial health of the school system and increase parental participation.
JACQUELINE TAYLOR
Age: 50; Home: 778 Liberty Road.Employment: Research economist.Education: The Rayen School and Youngstown State University, bachelor's in economics/mathematics.Family: Married; two children.Priority: Supports academic proficiency and the minority, female and local hiring goals in the district's building project.
OLIVER D. WEAVER
Age: 68; Home: 422 W. Evergreen Ave.Employment: Retired, Youngstown city inspector.Education: East High School; attended Bluefield State College, Youngstown College, University of Akron.Family: Wife, Cecelia; two daughters.Priority: Look for a new superintendent and support a law requiring teachers and other school district employees to live in the city.
MICHAEL CLARETT
Did not return questionnaire to The Vindicator.
UNEXPIRED TERM
CLARENCE BOLES
Age: 52.; Home: 3329 Idlewood Ave.Employment: Marketing director, Lincoln Place Residential Treatment Center for Youth.Education: Cleveland East Tech High School and Fisk University.Family: Wife, Elatrice; five children.Priority: Maximize new construction monies and hold all parties and principals involved accountable.
NEIL BUZZACCO
Age: 69.Home: 1488 McCollum Road.Employment: Self-employed home builder; retired 30 years carpenter maintenance foreman for the city schools.Education: High school.Family: Wife, Anna Mae; six children.Priority: Get all members of the board to work together for the same goal.
DON L. HANNI
Age: 76; Home: 1440 N. State Line Road, Coitsville.Employment: Attorney.Education: Youngstown University, bachelor's in political science and law degree.Family: Seven children.Priority: Change the location of the new high school.
DAVID "SCOTT" SIGNOR
Age: 39; Home: 222 Hollywood Ave.Employment: Youth pastor.Education: Boardman High School, certified minister with the Assembly of God.Family: Wife, Phyllis; five children.Priority: Join a team that will lead our school system forward; get involved in the lives of the young people.
THE REV. JEFFREY A. SMITH
Age: 41; Home: 1943 Medford Ave.Employment: Pastor of Faith Tabernacle and a substitute teacher.Education: Newark Senior High School, bachelor's degree in theology and education from Texas Bible College.Family: Wife, Deborah; a son.Priority: Improve attendance.