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Friday, October 24, 2008
State education associations endorse in local races
The Ohio Education Association and the Ohio Federation of Teachers have endorsed candidates in some local races.
The OEA and the OFT are the state branches of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Local teacher unions are members of one or the other of these groups. Most in the area are with the OEA.
Like the national groups, both organizations endorsed Barack Obama. The state and local endorsements tend to be for Democrats but there are a few Republicans as well in Ohio House of Representatives races. There are several races where the groups took no position.
I’d like to hear from any of the educators reading. How big a role does the union endorsements play in your voting decisions? How abut education issues in general?
Find out whom each group endorsed in districts that cover Clark and Champaign counties races after the jump.
One note: It’s unclear why the groups took no position on some races. It could be that they had no opinion or the candidates did not respond to the questionnaire.
State school board:
District 1: Tracey Smith vs. Ann E. Jacobs OEA: Smith OFT: Jacobs
District 10: Jeffrey Hardin vs. John McHenry vs. Jane Sonenshein OEA: Sonenshein OFT: Sonenshein
U.S. Congress
District 7: Steve Austria (R) vs. Sharon Swartz Neuhardt (D) OEA: Neuhardt OFT: No position
Ohio House
District 72: Ross McGregor (R) vs. Richard Spangler (D) OEA: No position OFT: Spangler
District 84: Roger Hackett (R) vs. Connie Crockett (D) OEA: Crockett OFT: Crockett
Ohio Senate
District 10: Chris Widener (R) vs. Roger Tackett (D) OEA: No position OFT: No position
District 12: Keith Faber (R) vs. Thomas Matthew (D) OEA: No position OFT: No position
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SHS band to continue “Tag Day” tradition
The Springfield High School marching Wildcats will continue the “Tag Day” fundraising tradition that was once a joint venture of the North and South bands.
Nov. 7 and 8 will be “Tag Day” this fall for the band, said director Russ Hoagland. Students will be at local businesses from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, collecting donations in exchange for a “tag” that boasts their support of the band program.
At one time both schools participated in “Tag Day,” but North had stopped, said Hoagland. Last year both bands came together for the fundraiser, which is used to offset costs like uniform, buses, instruments, sheet music, and this year will be the first SHS band Tag Day, he said.
The band does a second “Tag Day” in the spring. The list of participating businesses is pending so I don’t have that yet but students will be at most of the area Kroger stores and the Tuttle Road Walmart.
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CTC nabs second at robotics competition
The Springfield-Clark Career Tech Center’s precision machining seniors took second place at their second-ever competition this week, Instructor Mike Whitmer said Friday morning.
In Thursday’s paper, I wrote about the school’s “bot” which they were taking to competition this week at the Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association’s Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Show.
The team went undefeated for five rounds and was preparing for the championship when a electrical part broke, said Whitmer.
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