Thursday, May 06, 1999
School board considers four to fill vacant seat
BY DANA DiFILIPPO
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Four people will be considered to fill the Cincinnati Board of Education seat that opened last week when longtime member Virginia Griffin unexpectedly resigned.
At least another five people have voiced interest but didn't follow proper application procedures and won't be considered, board President Lynwood Battle Jr. said.
Mrs. Griffin, a board member for 32 years, resigned April 26. The deadline to apply to finish her term, which ends in December, was Tues day afternoon.
The candidates are:
• Louis Buschle, 54, a Columbia-Tusculum resident, accountant and former Forest Hills school board member.
• John Kruse, 30, of Hyde Park, who works for Sun Microsystems, ran unsuccessfully for city council in 1993 and 1995 and won a lawsuit last year challenging the city's campaign financing limits law.
• Florence Newell, 55, a Roselawn resident and associate professor at the University of Cincinnati's College of Education.
• Rick Williams, 43, of North Avondale, who works for Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.
In a city of 340,000 residents and a school district of 47,200 students, the number of applicants was disappointingly small, Mr. Battle acknowledged. But it wasn't surprising, he said.
“It's a big task for a person to make that kind of commitment really on the spur of the moment,” said Mr. Battle.
Other city residents who expressed interest but didn't follow requested application procedures include: Craig Bland, a write-in candidate in the 1995 city school board race; Barry Cholak, a North Fairmount resident, urban renewal advocate and retired city planner who ran for city school board in 1997; Tony Martinez, director of employment and training for Citizens Committee on Youth; Roy McGrath, a Clifton resident and accountant; and the Rev. Donald Newberry Jr., assistant pastor at Lee Chapel A.M.E. in East Walnut Hills.
Board members will interview the candidates at a public meeting at 4 p.m. May 12 at district headquarters, 2651 Burnet Ave., Corryville. A decision may be announced at a 4:30 p.m. public meeting May 13, Mr. Battle said.
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