Candidate for
Member of Board of Education; Northwest Local School District

My name is David Denny and I am running for reelection to the Northwest Local School Board. A resident for nearly my entire life in the NWLSD, I have been a student, athlete, band member, parent of three students, booster member, committee member, PTA member, band parent, athlete parent, volunteer coach, paid coach, and a member, and current President, of the Northwest Board of Education. With that said, I am confident that our schools are sound academically (including extra-curriculars), administratively, and financially. We do a great job providing for the students of our community while keeping our expenses low for the tax payer.

A few financial facts:

• We have cut $9MM from our budget since 2009 while only losing 300 students
• Our teachers and administrators have been on a three year salary freeze
• We are self-insured for Worker's Comp saving $350K in 2012
• We initiated and participate in an insurance consortium (SWOOSH) with other districts saving us thousands of dollars
• Saved $1.7MM in energy savings from HB264; also received $4MM in QZAB funding for the energy efficient projects
• Additionally, received $400K from Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance for HB 264 projects
• Negotiated a settlement with Northgate Mall that resulted in a one-time payment of $250K
• We have contracted with UC Health & NovaCare which nets us $700,000 over 10 years
• We have two emergency levies in effect + one is up for re-newel in 2015, the other in 2017; short on getting additional money from the state (not likely to happen) it will be imperative to renew those levies or we will face the issues we faced last fall + cutting extra-curriculars and potentially AP classes

Overall, we are in the best place we have been since my term began nearly four years ago - thanks to our tax payers, our parents, students, teachers, and administrators because it is certainly a community collaborative. That is not to say we don't have our challenges, but we have strong leadership and a good community to overcome those challenges together. Thank you so much for letting me be part of this fine work and I am asking that you allow me to continue by voting for me on November 5th.