Jenny Kluchar for Canton Local School Board

Here we go again! So we had a great experience with Canton Local Schools this year with Ben! We started off pretty rocky and struggled most of the first 9 weeks, but he grew, he matured, he gave up fighting writing, and his entire team were impressed with his growth this year. That's the mark of an outstanding team! I am privileged to be a part of that team as Ben's Mom, but I'm now interested in serving the district. I declared my candidacy in Canfield when we lived there in July 2019. Now that we live in Canton South, I am interested in serving again on the school board, should the community choose to have me. I have 3 years experience on a Local School Board in Ohio, vetted and helped select 3 replacement Board members upon resignation, assisted in hiring a Superintendent, and supported the schools while navigating the first ever Pandemic in modern history. I love the public schools and will fight tirelessly to support them as they educate my child. Our first ...

I learned when I testified before the Ohio Senate Education Committee that everyone who wished to provide testimony was labeled one of three things: "proponent" [of the legislation], "opponent" or "interested party." When I testified for the House Budget Bill in 2018 (and served on a legislative committee in 2021), I was a proponent, but when the Senate wanted to amend HB154, I offered opponent testimony. Many people testifying before the Senate at any given hearing choose to be an "interested party" and don't declare themselves to be "for" or "against" the legislation. I thought this was interesting to say the least, and the more I read and learned from webinars, town halls and workshops through OSBA (Ohio School Boards Association) the more I learned that the label one uses matters most. When I was a proponent of a bill, it was because I stood to lose more of my employee rights if the bill passed (major skin...