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Longtime Worthington board member Jennifer reflects on 24 years of service and changing politics in schools
Summary
Jennifer, a 24‑year member of the Worthington Board of Education, said she is stepping back after guiding the district through levies, construction and program expansion, while warning that state politics have increasingly intruded on local school decisions.
Jennifer, a 24‑year member of the Worthington Board of Education, reflected on her decision to step away from the board and the changes she has seen during more than two decades of service.
She told interviewers she was motivated to run by a family tradition of school involvement, recalling that “my parents were very involved in our school” and that friends and community members encouraged her to run in 2000 after her father’s death. She said the district’s early struggles included a contentious levy fight tied to her first campaign; “we had 3 people that were supportive of the levy and 3 that were trying to repeal the levy,” she said, and the pro‑levy slate won.
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