Audio Taping

First to everyone, hope your Thanksgiving brought family members together to celebrate the feast.

Audio taping should not be a controversial subject, it should be a given.  All resident taxpayers should have the opportunity to hear discussion on how the board arrives to a decision.  All residents should hear the administrations comments to help the board make the best decision that benefits the students at the best cost.

Presently, there are board members who do not think this is necessary and that the residents just do not care.  I say, the taxpayer cares how we handle their money! 

Please comment on my facebook page or write me at 9512 Vista Dr., 44133 and let me know your thoughts on the audio taping subject. 

Do you or do you not want to know what is going on in your school district and how your tax dollars are being used at your convenience?

Thanks for visiting my blog,
Barbara Ann Zindroski

THANK YOU!

Thank you to the Broadview Hts. and North Royalton residents for their vote towards my successful campaign and election to the North Royalton School Board.  

I will continue to pursue opennes and transparency to the taxpayers.  I believe in more complete minutes and audio taping of all meetings.  I would like the work sessions and special meetings held at an earlier time at the same location as the board meetings.  This is about including the residents and making time and location convenient to them.

Please keep watch of my blog for updates.

Barbara Ann Zindroski 

Police Report -- Signs stolen of School Board Candidate

Yes, you are correct.  Someone has been stealing the Barbara Ann Zindroski red signs.  A family in Royal Valley made the first police report.  I made the next police report.  I have not found 20+ signs that have been taken the last two weeks.
Hope everyone enjoys the souvenirs!

My presentation at candidates night!

Why Elect Barbara Ann Zindroski?????

Following information is from resident comments and my experience with education.

With the removal of a long term controlling board member on the Parma Board, to my knowledge, any corruption that existed is gone.  I am for Term Limitations!!!

I’m against unnecessary building and additional costs

------I’m for updating, renovating and care of existing structures

------increasing of post-secondary option to reduce student population and grant college credits

-----and all day kindergarten with no additional taxpayer costs

I’m against misappropriated taxpayer money

------I’m for government per diem for all board and administrative travel

- --- all administrator sessions in-house no hotel, travel and meal costs

------administrators paying towards their benefits

I’m against limited exposure of board meetings

------I’m for making time and location accommodating  

------audio taping or better yet cable TV exposure

------keeping the public appraised of all dealings as in the $3 million plus still owed on the stadium

I’m against disregarding board members opinions and hiring of their family members

-----I’m for respecting the board members opinions and public opinions

-----For a policy against nepotism

Finally, I believe in checks and balances.  Without total transparency

and openness to all residents’ accountability can’t be accomplished.

Leff Longo Letter to Editor North Royalton Post Newspaper Oct. 15th

THE ROYALTON POST -- October 1, 2011

Zindroski would bring her experience to the board

To the Editor:
In less than two months, voters will be selecting two candidates from a group of seven people campaigning for the North Royalton school board.
Every election raises questions regarding the qualifications of candidates. Office seekers will make all kinds of promises and pledges. How does a voter determine which of the seven will be a viable board member and serve in the best interest of the community? It is important that voters see through campaign literature and newspaper ads by exploring the qualities of all the candidates. When they do this, one highly qualified person, Barb Zindroski, will emerge as a very good candidate.
Zindroski belongs on the board for several reasons. She is a certified high school teacher with 35 years of teaching experience. As an educator, she improved the dental hygienist training program at Normandy High School with no additional cost to the taxpayers. She is a bright and articulate individual who possesses both an undergraduate and a master's degree.
As a former member of the North Royalton school board, she had worked diligently to elicit and publicize the schools financial information. Voters have a right to know what transpires at school board meetings, especially the board's work sessions. With this knowledge, voters will have the awareness needed to make educated decisions in the voting booth. An informed voter is a nightmare for feckless politicians.
She will work hard on behalf of North Royalton schools. At the same time, she will also represent the taxpaying property owners who underwrite the cost of operating the schools. In an era of scarce resources, this is an important attribute. Barb Zindroski will not lose sight of the goal of providing the community with a top-notch school system at the lowest, reasonable cost. She is an excellent candidate who deserves to be elected.
Ken Wolnik
North Royalton

Ken Wolnik Supportive Letter in the Sun Star Sept. 29.

September 12, Board Meeting

Below is the link to the audio of the 9/12/2011 Board Meeting.

http://www.northroyaltonsd.org/external/audio/091211RegMtg.mp3

Audio taping meetings again denied by School Board!

The North Royalton Post has a very good article regarding the Sept. 12, 2011 North Royalton School Board meeting discussion on audio taping at all work sessions and special meetings.  The need for audio taping is not only to provide openness to our taxpayers', it is about information on the decision process for the education provided and moneys used in the district.  This is where the administration explains everything that will be found on the monthly board meeting agenda and why it needs approval.  This is where each board member contributes to the decision process.  They already audio tape board meetings!  How hard could it be to audio the other meetings?
http://pns.live.mediaspanonline.com/royalton/localnews/School-Board-NR-9-17--panfil-
I would like to add that the meeting room at the Sept. 8th work session was the size of a walk-in closet.  I was lucky they could fit me into this tiny room along with the other board members and administrative staff.  How could any resident or media be able to go to this public meeting?
Below is the letter I read at the board meeting.

Sept. 12, 2011

Dear North Royalton and Broadview Hts. Residents::

We are living in an era of technology that allows us to have a visual image as well as audio to reach out to most everyone in the world from any location. But in North Royalton several of our school board members are refusing to allow audio taping of work sessions and special meetings to be included on their agenda.

I had the opportunity to attend the Sept. 8, 2011 work session at the North Royalton Board Office. During the meeting, Board Member Dan Langshaw made a recommendation that audio taping be included on the agenda for a vote. His request was flatly denied.

This is not the first time someone has made this request. Throughout my four years on the board I made several attempts to get approval for all board meetings, work sessions and special meetings to be recorded for the taxpayers viewing.

In November of 2009 I compiled a list of 10 policies, one of which was audio taping of all board meetings. Even though these policies were presented to the administrators and all board members they were omitted from the minutes of that meeting. Former board member Bob Grace also presented this issue to the board several times but his requests were ignored.

The minutes of school board meetings should be accurate. The board should not be allowed to omit or delete any part of the topics of discussion. Tailor-made minutes is a prime example why school board meetings should be recorded on audio. Isn't this what transparency and inclusion is all about?

As a taxpayer I believe that I deserve the right to be informed. We all deserve that right. Unfortunately, many of us cannot attend the meetings so we are kept unaware. And, "unaware" is how some of the current school board members want us to remain. Speak out for modern technology which will allow our parents and residents to participate in the decision processes of our school board. Demand your rights as a taxpayer!

Sincerely,

Barbara Ann Zindroski

WHY RE-ELECT ZINDROSKI

WHY RE-ELECT BARBARA ANN ZINDROSKI to SCHOOL BOARD

* Fiscally conservative, proactive, a hard worker, concerned about the
education system, strive for openness and transparency, and want to serve the community

* Against unnecessary building and misuse of the taxpayer money.

* Would explore the possibilities of all day kindergarten if it could be accomplished without adding additional costs to our taxpayers.

* Consider myself the watchdog for the taxpayer and the advocate
for the students.

* 36 years dealing with education as a teacher in the Parma City Schools and as a clinical instructor for Case Western Reserve University Dental College.

* Has the knowledge and understanding of how education operates
and is funded from the inside and out

The Role of the School Board

Board members are the overseeing body of the schools. Their responsibility as elected officials is to represent the student needs and the resident taxpayer. School board members need to ask questions, make inquiries and direct the superintendent and treasurer in carrying out the wishes of the public. The superintendent and treasurer handle all day to day operations.

It is the board’s responsibility to make sure that our students are getting the best education possible at the best possible price. Sometimes boards have taken the easy way out by throwing money at a situation and asking for increased levy’s rather than making the difficult choices by asking questions and seeking other methods.

If the board just lets the administration take over, then those members on the board are not doing the job as the representative of the public in carrying out their wishes.

Ways You Can Contact Me

My Facebook Page at:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Barbara-Ann-Zindroski-for-NR-School-Board/144569148963706?sk=info

Follow me on Twitter:
@Zindroski4nrsb

E-mail me at:
Barbaranrsb@sbcglobal.net

North Royalton Homedays Parade

It was great to see everyone at the North Royalton Homedays parade!

Response from the Board President to my policy recommendations

 

These policies were presented to every board member and the administration one of my last work sessions before leaving the board.  Try to find them in either the November 12, 2009 or the December 10, 2009 meetings.

It is my understanding that there was no board discussion in answering these policy requests. In addition Board members had no conversation with the Board Attorney nor did any board member receive any documents from any other districts regarding the answers given. The question that begs to be asked is why should we be compared to what other districts do, when we are North Royalton and know whats best for our own community.

Policies I fought for when I was on the board from 2005-2009

Below is a list of all the policies that I fought for to get the rest of the board to adopt when I was on the board. However, the board leadership was dead against all of these policies and would not allow for even a vote into these issues. Before leaving office in 2009 I shared these recommendations with the board and its' newest member Dan Langshaw before leaving office in hopes that someone would have the courage to address these issues through creating policies. Mr. Langshaw to his credit has tried to bring about positive policies changes to address these issues. But looking at past board minutes and attending board meetings it is clear that even he has faced the same opposition in getting the board to vote on approving policies that call for increased transparency, accountability, and opening the board to the entire community. Why is the board leadership so opposed to these recommended policies that they have hidden it even from the minutes that are posted online at www.northroyaltonsd.org

Vote Zindroski on Nov. 8th!!!!!!!!