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Bryson brings parental perspectives to school board race
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Oct 19, 2005 11:53pm |
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| Category | Election Guide |
| News Date | Thursday, October 20, 2005 05:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Barbara Bryson is asking voters to give her a seat on the Columbus Board of Education in the Nov. 8 general election.
She placed third in the May 3 primary, with 16 percent of the vote. She needs to repeat or improve on that performance because only the top three vote-getters will win four-year terms on the board.
Six candidates are competing for three seats. Incumbents Betty Drummond and Andrew Ginther are seeking re-election. The third seat is held by Robert Weiler, who was appointed to serve out the term of the late Loretta Heard, which ends Dec. 31.
Along with Bryson, challengers are Bill Buckel, C. Carlton Weddington and Mike Wiles.
Bryson has been endorsed by the Republican Party.
A single mother and grandmother who lives on the East Side, Bryson, 50, works as an administrative support coordinator at Nationwide Enterprises, the charitable arm of Nationwide Insurance Cos.
"I'm a mother, a grandmother who wants schools to be strong," she said.
"Children must be educated so they can be strong, successful....We we need education to break the poverty cycle."
Her daughter, Tiffani, graduated in June from Eastmoor Academy High, a school that board President Stephanie Hightower's son rejected when he won a seat there in the student-choice lottery. Unhappy that he did not get in Columbus Alternative High School, he enrolled in a private school.
The action does not send a hopeful message to constituents about the public school district, said Bryson.
She called Eastmoor a great school and said the district ought to create more successful academic programs such as the one it offers.
"Columbus should take best practices and spread them throughout the district," said Bryson.
Bryson's granddaughter, Cabasia Bryson, is a first-grader at Woodcrest Elementary on the East Side.
While Tiffani and Cabasia enjoyed good school experiences, Cabasia's dad and Bryson's son, Robert, has a learning disability and dropped out of the Columbus Pu |
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