Candidate Rose Lounsberry tells board she will oppose voucher measures if elected to Ohio House
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Rose Lounsberry, speaking during public comment, announced her candidacy for Ohio House District 36 and criticized a state bill she said would strip funding from districts that joined a voucher-related lawsuit, including Oakwood.
Rose Lounsberry, a local resident who identified herself as a former public-school teacher and a candidate for Ohio House District 36, used her allotted public-comment time to introduce her campaign priorities and criticize recent state action affecting public schools.
Lounsberry said protecting public education would be her top priority if elected and accused the state legislature of advancing measures that undermine public schools. "Just last week, a state rep introduced a bill that would strip all state funding from every public school district that has joined the Vouchers Heard Ohio lawsuit," she said, adding that the proposal would affect "3 30 out of Ohio's 600 school districts," and that Oakwood is included in that group.
She called the attacks on public education "egregious" and said she would be "a very, very loud voice for you in Columbus." Lounsberry highlighted her background as a former middle-school language-arts teacher and parent of three students in the district.
Her remarks were delivered during the public-comment period; the board did not take action in response during the meeting.
