Dayton Daily News

I believe we have the tools in place to continue the improvement, displayed over the last few years. Franklin has shown marked improvement in all areas of the state's "report card". We are proud of our students and staff and feel they have raised the bar for us, as a community. We, the board and the administration find oursleves in the process of husbanding our resources, while continuing to provide an improving learning experience.

Communication between the citizens of Franklin and all members of the school family is essential. All funding sources available to the district must be explored and used to best advantage in order to provide a quality education for our students. Excellent teachers who challenge students, a hard working support straff, a strong adminstrative team, effective board members, a supportive community and adequate funding are all necessary if we are to maintain an excellent rating.

Franklin City Schools has curriculum, finance, and facilities committees in place to maintain its excellent rating while working to control expenditures. These committees provide checks and balances to ensure that we continue to improve academically, provide safe and educationally friendly facilities, and maintain fiscal responsibility. These committees are composed of board members, administrators, teachers and community members. These committees provide valuable input to help the board guide the district toward its goals.

I will focus my efforts on ensuring that Franklin Schools continue to employ superior educators while maintaining our schools position of excellence. This will be accomplished by being personally responsible for controlling expenditures truly necessary to maintain our schools excellence and also transferring that responsibility throughout our school district as well as our community. I will utilize my experience in identifying needs and determining appropriate procedures and process’s to ensure that they are addressed efficiently.