East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-10-22
Harriet BoIdou

Voters of East Cleveland have
every right to know the back
ground and platform of each can
didate for whom they vote, and
am happy to submit to them my
qualifications.
| have been resident of East
Cleveland for fourteen years, and
have had a son Richard (Shaw '52)
go through our school system from
kindergarten to high school gradu-
alton. Ny daughter Betsy is in
the 9th grade at Kirk. l am a
graduate of Lakewood High School
(1925) and Antioch College (193D.
l am past president of Superior
PTA, East Cleveland Community
Council, and the Cuyahoga County
Council Of the League of Women
Voters. / am a member of Kirk
PTA, and am currently American
ism chairman Of the Federation of
Women's Clubs. l have been a
member of the East Cleveland Lii
brary Board for six years, having
been appointed by the school board
to fill an unexpired term. My
church is the Unitarian Society of
Cleveland of which l am a board
member.
If elected to the East Cleveland
School Board l should expect to
be regular in attendance, as proven
by my record as a member of the
Library Board, and should expect
to bring to the position whatever
ability and intelligence l have
demonstrated in the other positions
to which l have been elected in or
ganizations in East Cleveland.
l should expect to work for
closer relationship between the
school board and the public, max
ing an active effort to have public
representatives at all school board
meetings so that we might benefit
mutually from a sharing of ideas.
I believe that since public money
is spent for our schools, the school
board has responsibility to be
sensitive to the needs and wishes
of the public in deciding how that
money is to be spent.
AS the community's elected rep
resentatives, school board members
have the dual responsibility of
passing on to the superintendent
they select the community's point
of view, and of supporting this
superintendent in maintaining the
high quality of teaching which
East Cleveland has enjoyed.
AS a firm believer in and sup
porter of our free democratic form
of self government, / believe par
ents and teachers have a tre-
mendous responsibility to educate
our young people to understand,
appreciate and participate in that
form of government as good citi-
zens.
I should urge greater use of our
school buildings after school hours
to present program of adult edu-
cation and adult and youth recrea-
tion. The need for such a program
was demonstrated in the survey
made six years ago, by the League
of Women Voters and the PTA
Council, and no thorough trial has
ever been made as to the public
response to such program.
l believe the East Cleveland
Schools have at this time the op-
portunity to choose whether East
Cleveland will continue to grow as
a suburb which attracts families
with school-age children. With the
imminence of rapid transit we
have many advantages to offer.
Given a choice, however, people
will make an effort to live where
they receive the most for their
money. Wholesome all-family rec
reation rates high on the list of
important advantages people seek
in locating their families. l be-
lieve the East Cleveland School
Board has an obligation to offer
these opportunities to attract
young families and to attract COM
petent teachers if we are to con-
tinue as desirable community in
which to live.
Because l believe these are i'm
portant issues to the future of East
Cleveland, l am honored to have
been asked by the Parents and
Citizens Committee, of which Budd
Andrews and Hamilton Beatty are
co-chairmen, to submit my name
as a candidate for school board in
East Cleveland.
Harriet Baldau