Five Ohio Educators Chosen as Retirement Board Candidates

During a meeting of the State Teachers Retirement Board Election Committee on Aug. 6, 2004, five individuals were nominated for the vacant active teacher seat on the board that resulted from the retirement of Jack Chapman in June.

The candidates for the seat are as follows: 

• Thomas E. Hall, professor of economics at Miami University (Oxford) and a resident of Cincinnati; 
• F. James Norris II, 8^th grade American history teacher with the Lebanon City Schools (Lebanon) and a resident of Lebanon; 
• M. Margaret Porter, 6^th grade science and math teacher with the Northern Local Schools (Thornville) and a resident of Thornville; 
• Constance Ramser, special learning needs teacher with the Jackson Local Schools (Massillon) and a resident of Canton; and 
• William G. Soltis Jr., founder and chief education officer of The Arts and College Preparatory Academy (Columbus) and a resident of Columbus. 

All individuals who submitted letters of interest for the vacant seat were nominated.

Each candidate will be asked to submit biographical information for the Retirement Board members to review. During the board’s Election Committee meeting on Thursday, Aug. 19, the board will interview each candidate. Then, at its regularly scheduled meeting on Friday, Aug. 20, the board members will elect the new member. The term for this seat on the Retirement Board runs through Aug. 31, 2006.

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