YOUNGSTOWN SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES

YOUNGSTOWN SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES

Three candidates will be on the ballot and four write-in candi- dates also are running for four city school board seats. An * denotes the incumbent.

RICK ALLI (write-in)

Age: 61.

Address: 426 Fairgreen Ave.

Employment: Retired Youngstown police detective.

Education: Attended Denison University and Youngstown State University, South High School graduate.

Family: Four children.

Priority: The problems did not sprout up overnight, they have been around for awhile. This is a wake-up call to organize and learn to take care of our own. Input and teamwork from Youngstown is the solution. My priority is to communicate and inform and help bring back the family/school relationship.

TINA CVETKOVICH (write-in)

Age: 46.

Address: 29 S. Maryland Ave.

Employment: None listed.

Education: YSU, bachelor’s degree in social work, East High School graduate.

Family: Husband, George; and three children.

Priority: Funding opportunities for our school system, increase programming opportunities for the children in the district to aid them in discovering themselves and what they wish to become as adults. Utilization of a more restorative justice approach within the classroom and school district as a whole.

DARIO HUNTER (write-in)

Age: 32.

Address: 439 Pasadena Ave.

Employment: Paralegal instructor for Everest University.

Education: Bachelor of laws, University of Windsor, Canada; juris doctorate, University of Detroit Mercy ; master of Laws, Wayne State University, and bachelor’s in history from Princeton University.

Family: None listed.

Priority: My chief priority is to work towards improving the academic performance of the district. As a teacher, one of the primary ways I help struggling students is by giving more of my time to help them understand the material. I’d like to see the amount of classroom hours in each school day increase as well as an extension of the school year. BRENDA KIMBLE *

Age: 63.

Address: 371 Cabot St.

Employment: Retired.

Education: pursuing a degree in education.

Family: Husband, Malcolm, and four children.

Priority: To assure a quality public education for Youngstown City School District students by supporting education staff through forums to promote best practices for education. Continue to develop Public Education Works, a mentorship and students support program. Support and promote effective community engagement within the district. Continue to support successful education programs.

MICHAEL MURPHY *

Age: 60.

Address: 3434 Stratmore Ave.

Employment: Youngstown City Water Department.

Education: Cardinal Mooney High School graduate.

Family: Wife, Lorraine, and a daughter.

Priority: If elected, I will work to keep the schools moving toward an excellent status. I will help to keep the finances stable and help to keep the schools run by the board of education.

TYRONE PEAKES II (write-in)

Age: 19.

Address: 159 W. Florida Ave.

Employment: Peakes Enterprises LLC, Youngstown State University.

Education: Second year at YSU and Cardinal Mooney High School graduate.

Family: None listed.

Priority: Focus efforts on students learning and general well-being, accountability to the community, cooperative working relations with students, parents, administration, faculty and the community; teaching and learning, improving the environment that encourages and inspires teaching and learning.

CORRINE SANDERSON

Age: None listed.

Address: 2384 Chaney Circle.

Employment: Valley Christian Schools.

Education: Master’s from Ashland University, bachelor’s from YSU.

Family: None listed.

Priority: Working with my fellow board members and the state board to improve the competence of the school board, setting high expectations for all share-holders and building cooperative relationships throughout the district.

Source: Candidates’ questionnaires