Cincinnati Board of Education
Board Member Catherine Ingram accepts a gift of a framed leaf print made by a Fairview-Clifton student during a special Board Appreciation presentation at a board meeting.
The Cincinnati Board of Education is the governing body for the Cincinnati Public School District.
The Board is comprised of seven people elected at large to four-year terms. The Board elects its president and vice president annually, usually at its organizational meeting on the first Monday in January.
2010 Board of Education
President
Eileen Cooper Reed #
Vice President
Eve Bolton *
Members
Melanie Bates #
Michael Flannery *
Catherine D. Ingram #
A. Chris Nelms *
Vanessa White #
# Term expires December 31, 2013
* Term expires December 31, 2011
They are charged with the following responsibilities:
- establish educational goals;
- initiate and adopt policies;
- consider and pass upon the recommendations of the superintendent in
the appointment or dismissal of certificated employees, salary schedules,
or other personnel regulations, courses of study, selection of textbooks,
or other matters pertaining to the welfare of the schools;
- select a superintendent;
- provide for the preparation and adoption of the annual budget;
- provide by the exercise of its taxing power the funds to finance the
operation of the schools;
- make rules and regulations for the operation of the schools;
- appraise the effectiveness with which the schools are achieving the
educational goals;
- solicit and weigh public opinion as it affects the schools, and inform
the public concerning the progress and needs of the schools;
- evaluate the performance of the superintendent on an annual basis; and,
evaluate the performance of the treasurer on an annual basis.
Contact Information
Mail should be directed to:
Cincinnati Public Schools
Office of the Board Members
P.O. Box 5381
Cincinnati, OH 45201-5381
Phone: 513-363-0040
Fax: 513-363-0035
E-mail messages: calhoup@cps-k12.org
Building Location: 2651 Burnet Avenue (45219)
