Citing his desire to provide a world class public education for Kanawha County students, Charleston Attorney Ryan White today filed his papers to run for a seat on the Kanawha County School Board. With his wife Kate and two children Jackson and Cameron at his side, White said, “According to the 2012 West Virginia Kids Count Data Book Kanawha County had the highest percentage of high school drop outs in the state while ranking 48th out of 55 counties in West Virginia in the percentage of four year olds enrolled in pre-kindergarten. As the most populous and wealthy county in West Virginia, we simply can and must do better.” “We need to reduce bureaucracy and paperwork and empower our school professionals to teach and our students to learn,” added White. “We must reduce class size and rebuild the crumbling infrastructure of our schools while imposing fiscal discipline throughout the Kanawha County Schools operation. No taxpayer in Kanawha County should be satisfied with the status quo.” In addition to filing to run for the school board Mr. White also released the names of his campaign committee. One of those members, Dr. Patricia Kusimo, the retired director of The Education Alliance said, “Ryan will make an outstanding addition to the school board. As a parent he knows what the stakes are and as an attorney he has the skill, training and education to be an effective leader on the school board.” Other current and former education professionals on Mr. White’s committee include, Bradford Clark, Kerri Ferro, Jane Turner, Bob Bastress and Jim Snyder. The committee will be chaired by Marc Weintraub. Members, who represent a broad spectrum of the community are: Larry Pack, Chuck Smith, Paul Nusbaum, Brooks McCabe, Clifton Clark, Ellen Cappellanti, Andy Richardson, Pat Bond, Jonathan Deem, Kevin Baker, Rob Rosano, Rob Bastress, Samme Gee, Elizabeth Wehner, Juliet Terry, Brooke Lord, Alex Macia, Jack Rossi, Ric Cavender, Don Wilson, Josh Sword, Carte Goodwin , Chris Morris, Tom Lane, Carrie Clendening, John Poffenberger, Pat Kelly, Larry Swann, Pat Maroney, Roger Nicholson, Don Gatewood, Mary Jo Paterno, Bethany Hall, Amy Weintraub, Greg Burton, Darrell Rolston, Jack Harrison, Mike Clowser, Dr. Dan Foster, Norwin Lilly, Dr. B.J. Nibert, Mark Imbrogno, Greg Hoyer, Chris Hamilton, Suzette Raines and Doug Skaff.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:13:59 +0000
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