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Jason Haap
for Cincinnati School Board, 2009
Now is the time to pay attention to the School Board Race
“Haap on Board” this election season!
My fellow citizens:

We face a turning point - in our

PLATFORM
PROPORTIONAL CUTS
We need policies that link
cuts to student services
with cuts to high paid cen-
tral office administration.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Building principals repre-
sent a finite group of
school and community
leaders. The board must
hold principals accountable
in a constructive manner
that includes community
input.
MORE PILOT PROGRAMS
CPS needs more magnet
schools based on solid phi-
losophies substantiated by
research. Establishing a
Waldorf methods school is
one example.
TRANSPARENCY
The board needs to end its
bad habit of secret meet-
ings and secret mailboxes
to hide public business
from public view.
city, in our state, and in our nation.
Our urban public schools should be
leaders in the call for change. Instead,
we find too many districts bogged
down by a lack of vision and politics
as usual. We need new candidates
who have clear platforms aligned
with the actual roles and responsibili-
ties of the local school board. We can
no longer accept campaigns based on
the cliché.
It's time for more people to get
involved in the race for Cincinnati
School Board - not necessarily just as
candidates, but as volunteers, activ-
ists, and informed voters.
I'm running for school board
because I think my platform repre-
sents common-sense, reform minded,
realistic solutions for Cincinnati Pub-
lic Schools, and also because I want
to inspire more people to pay atten-
tion to this race.
Please take some time to review
my platform. I hope you will join me
in advocating a new vision, and a
new future for our public schools.
Respectfully,
Jason Haap
Candidate, Cincinnati School Board
Top Issue
Proportional Cuts
This season, we will hear lots of
talk about the district and the budget.
Don’t let the board and the admini-
stration play politics with the educa-
tion of our kids! That’s why I have
made my idea for “Proportional
Cuts” this campaign’s top issue.
Here’s how it works: the board
goes through the district’s expendi-
tures, identifying which ones directly
impact services to kids, and which
ones are top heavy and administra-
tive. If ever cuts are made that take
services away from our kids, a pro-
portional cut is levied against the
budgets of those high-paid adminis-
trators who make these decisions.
This is a common sense ap-
proach for tough economic decisions,
and it signals to voters that cuts are
meaningful, not just a political strat-
egy to sway opinion at the expense of
children.

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Haap on Board!
Jason Haap for Cincinnati School Board, 2009

Your candidate for School Board

About Jason Haap

Jason Haap grew up in Finneytown he attended the Bread Loaf School of

where he attended the public
schools. He earned a BA in English
from Xavier University in 1997 with
a minor in secondary education.
Since that time, Haap has been a
high school teacher - working in
parochial, charter, and public
schools. This versatile set of experi-
ences gives Haap a unique perspec-
tive on the operation of schools, a
true asset in this race for School
Board.
English. He studied in Vermont,
Alaska, New Mexico, and he finished
his senior semester taking a double
course load at Oxford University,
England.
Haap has been a political blogger
and media activist for several years,
experiences that have given him in-
sights on the local political structure.
He lives in Mt. Airy with his wife of
ten years and their two children.

Haap continued his formal education

through Middlebury College where

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