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Porter puts priority in schools
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Neighbors | SubmittedAustintown resident and business partner of Austintown Bounce Harold Porter is running for re-election as Austintown School Board member. Pictured is Porter and his family.
By amanda tonoli
Harold Porter, current school board member for Austintown Local Schools and business partner of Austintown Bounce, announced his candidacy for re-election for the school board.
Porter is a lifelong resident of Austintown with not only background from attending the schools himself, but also the only sitting board member with children in Austintown Schools — he has five children in Austintown Intermediate School, Austintown Middle School and Austintown Fitch High School. In addition, Porter’s wife is a teacher at AMS, another direct recipient of the fight for better schools.
His investment in improving the schools is a driving force that keeps him wanting to remain on the board.
“The biggest challenge for today’s public schools is the unconstitutional funding practiced by the state of Ohio,” Porter said. “The fight is with Columbus, and school boards need to band together to take the fight to the state legislature. Because of this funding problem it has forced schools to enact open enrollment.”
Porter’s motivation doesn’t stop at just that fight, but he also fights for the greater community involved in school aspects.
“I have five personal reasons for running as well as 5,395 other reasons while also being a watchdog for the taxpayers,” Porter said. “I am looking forward to fight hard for our kids for another four years.”