Tuesday, November 02, 1999
Provisional school board named
Monroe panel serves until March primary
BY SUE KIESEWETTER
Enquirer Contributor
MONROE — A provisional board of education that will look ahead to a possible new Monroe school district has been selected.
Three members are graduates of Lemon-Monroe High School, while the other two graduated from neighboring school districts.
A seven-member committee reviewed the applications of 18 people before interviewing 10 and then selecting five whose names will be forwarded to the Ohio Board of Education, said Monroe Mayor Elbert Tannreuther, who served on the selection committee.
Selected to the provisional board were: Carol Brotherton, 40, who is a member of the Middletown/Monroe Board of Education; Suzi Rubin, 40, founding member and spokeswoman for the Committee on Reviewing Education (CORE); John F. Birch, 43, an adjunct professor at Miami Universi ty's Middletown Campus; William R. Heflin, 51, a teacher at Verity Middle School and past principal at Lemon-Monroe High School; and Jamie Pierce, 38, a software development manager for the NCR Corp.
All except Mrs. Rubin and Mrs. Brotherton are Lemon-Monroe graduates. Ms. Rubin graduated from Lakota High School and Ms. Brotherton from Lebanon High School.
“It was a tough choice,” said Jon Nerenberg, a founding member of CORE and a member of the board selection committee. “The committee was committed to finding a diverse group of people that would bring differing views to the board.”
In September, the Ohio Board of Education reversed its 1997 decision and approved a petition by CORE on forming a district in Monroe by taking parts of the Lebanon and Middletown/Monroe districts that are within the city limits of Monroe.
The provisional board will serve until the March primary election, in which Monroe residents will vote on forming their own school district. If approved, the new district would begin operations July 1. It would be up to the Ohio Board of Education to appoint a board for the new district that would serve 18 months until the November 2001 election.
“We're hoping the state board will approve our process and our selection and name our choices to the board if the issue passes,” Mr. Nerenberg said.
One of the first tasks the new board faces is finding a superintendent and treasurer of the new district, Mr. Tannreuther said. The board would work with a selection committee, similar to the one that selected the provisional board.
Any decisions the provisional board makes would not be binding. They would require action by the permanent board of education, to be named by the state if voters approve a new district.
“It is our hope that the provisional board members are named to the (permanent) board,” Mr. Nerenberg said.
Mrs. Brotherton said she would resign her seat on the Middletown/Monroe Board of Education after the March election if voters approve the new district.
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