Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Trio strongly beat out competition with 20 percent of the votes or more each.
Incumbents Thomas Mays and Carol Winter will be joined by newcomer Anthony Falcone on the Westlake Board of Education next year, according to final unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Winter, school board vice president, came out on top at the end of the night with 23 percent of the vote, followed closely by Mays, school board president, with 22 percent and then Falcone with 20 percent. Falcone, underwriting director at RLI Corp., is a Westlake High School graduate with three children in the Westlake schools. He, Mays and Winter supported each other, often using the slogan M-W-F, during the election. Michelle Albert, Robert Bodi, Laurie Gettings and Geoffrey Rapp took between 7 and 11 percent of the 24,946 votes…
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Check back for updated numbers from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.
Voters chose three candidates to serve four-year terms on the Westlake Board of Education. This list was last updated at 12:06 p.m. with unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Members debate spending in the district and projected deficits.
The Westlake School Board was divided over finances again on Monday night as members debated the approval of the district’s five-year forecast. The forecast, required by the state of Ohio, projects spending through the year 2016 based on assumptions made today. Treasurer Mark Pepera said that while the district is projecting a large deficit by the year 2016, those numbers will change. “We’re doing well with conservative budgeting,” he said. “[The deficit levels] legitimately can’t materialize to the level you’re seeing.” The forecast shows a deficit of $27.5 million in five years, roughly half of the district’s budget. “Logically, that can’t happen because we can’t operate that way,” Pepera said. Board members Nate Cross and Tim Sullivan …
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Members voted three to two to accept a construction bid for the new middle school.
The Westlake school board was divided on spending again Monday night as members deliberated on a construction bid to build the new middle school. Officials voted three to two to accept a $2,377,500 bid from Great Lakes Crushing. Board President Tom Mays, Vice President Carol Winter and member Andrea Rocco voted to accept the bid at the work session held at Holly Lane Elementary School, while members Tim Sullivan and Nate Cross objected, saying that the bid was too high, and raising concerns about what will happen when the $84 million budget for Phase I of the Master Facilities plan runs out. Sullivan objected to what he called a “lack of foresight” when the bond issue went on the ballot in May of last year. “When we were telling the public…
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Monday, October 3, 2011
See what candidates had to say at the West Life forum on Sept. 29.
All seven school board candidates joined a forum hosted by West Life on Thursday evening at the Westlake High School Performing Arts Center. Here is each candidate's response to the question: How do you feel about the special education programs in Westlake and what is your five-year plan regarding special education programming? Robert Bodi "I don’t know a lot about special education programs in Westlake because I haven’t really investigated that part of the school system, but it is the responsibility of the school system to educate all the students in the community... I will say however that I’m disappointed that so much of the educational standards and educational requirements that are imposed on local districts come from federal rules …
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As part of our election coverage, Westlake Patch will provide profiles of each of the candidates for school board.
Name: Geoff Rapp Date of Birth: August 16, 1946 Occupation: Vice President of Engineering & Quality for Bettcher Industries, Inc. Education: Majority of undergraduate work in pre-med biology and chemistry at Wittenberg University, Bachelor of Science in Biology from Kent State University, Master of Business Administration from Cleveland State University Family: Married with 11 children in a blended family (7 adult biological children and 4 adult stepchildren) and 17 grandchildren Years residing in Westlake: 34 years Office Sought: Board of Education Previous Public Offices Held: None Registered: Republican Email: Geoff@betterwestlakeschools.net Campaign Web Page: www.betterwestlakeschools.org Candidate Statement: I love my community, and I…
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Candidates stated their positions at Thursday night's forum hosted by West Life.
Nearly 100 residents, parents and school board candidate supporters came out to the Westlake High School Performing Arts Center Thursday night to learn more about each of the seven candidates' platforms. Hosted by West Life, the moderated forum gave candidates a chance to explain their positions on everything from teacher contracts to school building maintenance. School Board incumbents Carol Winter and Tom Mays discussed their position on the latest school bond issue and the second phase of building improvements. For more election news and candidate profiles, visit the Election Central 2011 page.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Board members and district administrators look to negotiate with teachers' union to lower or freeze salaries in attempt to balance budget.
Treasurer Mark Pepera was met with stiff resistance from board members Nate Cross and Tim Sullivan as he sought to approve the operational end of the district’s 2011-12 budget. Cross and Sullivan voted against the appropriations at Monday night's Board of Education meeting, while board members Tom Mays, Andrea Rocco and Carol Winter voted for it. The respective 3-2 split is nothing new when it comes to financial matters that go before the board, and Superintendent Dan Keenan took exception to much of Cross’s and Sullivan’s reasoning as it dealt with more of the personnel end of the budget. “What makes it difficult here is (the idea) 'We’re going to hold you for ransom and vote no until you accept my concept or idea,'” Keenan said of …
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
As part of our election coverage, Westlake Patch will provide profiles of each of the candidates for school board.
Editor's Note: As part of Westlake Patch's local election coverage, we will provide profiles of each of the candidates running for office. These profiles will offer biographical and issue-oriented details about each of the candidates to help you, the voters, make more-informed decisions at the ballot box. Stay tuned for more coverage of the election. Name: Laurie Gettings Date of Birth: Dec. 22, 1965 Occupation: Public Relations Consultant Education: Bachelor of Arts, communications Family: Married, with a 5-yearr-old and a 7-year-old who attend Bassett Elementary School Years residing in Westlake: 6 Office Sought: Westlake Board of Education Previous Public Offices Held: None Registered: Democrat Email: lauriegettings@sbcglobal.net …
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
As part of our election coverage, Westlake Patch will provide profiles of each of the candidates for school board.
Editor's Note: As part of Westlake Patch's local election coverage, we will provide profiles of each of the candidates running for office. These profiles will offer biographical and issue-oriented details about each of the candidates to help you, the voters, make more-informed decisions at the ballot box. Stay tuned for more coverage of the election. Name: Carol L. Winter Date of Birth: Nov. 4, 1960 Occupation: Graduate assistant at Kent State University, formerly a teacher and assistant principal for 16 years Education: Bachelor of Science Education from Central Michigan University (1984), Master of Arts Education from Eastern Michigan University (1991) Family: Husband Kevin Ball, son Marty, a 2006 Westlake High School graduate, and …
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David Albert
7:50 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011
Lori almost forgot, if I do add the page to BADRocco.com, I will make sure that I reference yourself as the inspiration. Again thanks for the inspiration and visiting the site. more ›