What Cincinnati School Board members seek in their next superintendent:

        • “(The applicants) need to recognize what is necessary in an urban district.”
— Catherine Ingram

        • “We are into an age of innovation and new kinds of knowledge, and we need someone who's got that broad vision and the practical day-to-day knowledge of how to put the pieces together and make the machine work.”
— John Gilligan

        • “We have to be committed to finding someone who will aggressively work with all members of our staff and parents to raise student achievement at a much more rapid rate, because that is the expectation of parents and taxpayers and the requirement of President Bush's education plan.”
— Harriet Russell

        • “(Someone) who is very reform-minded.”
— Melanie Bates

        • “We're looking for someone who is willing to take risks, to make some changes to improve the quality of education that all children have.”
— Dr. Florence Newell

        • “We want someone who can keep up the momentum in the district. We still need a change-agent. We still need an educator with creativity. We would tend toward a creative, gutsy educator.”
— Rick Williams

        • “Someone who will continue to reform our district.”
— Sally Warner

—Compiled by Erica Solvig and Jennifer Mrozowski

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