Mariemont City Schools Board of Education

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Dee Walter, school board President, is a 19-year resident of the district. Her daughter Jordan is a 2011 graduate of Mariemont High School and will attend The Ohio State University. Her son Nick is currently at Mariemont High School, and son A.J. attends Mariemont Junior High School. Previous community activities include serving as a member of the Mariemont City Schools District Advisory Council, Terrace Park Elementary PTO President, Girl Scout Leader for troop 1451 in Terrace Park and St. Thomas Nursery School Board member.

Mrs. Walter currently serves as a project director with Seed Strategy, a marketing communications agency located in Northern Kentucky. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Kentucky. Mrs. Walter was elected to the board in November 2007.

Email Address: dwalter@mariemontschools.org

Bill Flynn, school board Vice President, and his wife Beth are both from Cincinnati, have lived in Williams’ Meadow for 18 years and their three children are products of Mariemont schools. Daughter Kendall is a business student at Miami University, senior daughter Kiley is also headed for Oxford after graduation and freshman Erik is just hoping there will be something left so he can go to college too. Bill has been deeply involved with district children as a coach for over twenty youth soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams, a founding director of the Mariemont Recreation Association soccer board, a referee, public address announcer, and board member and treasurer of the Mariemont Athletic Boosters.

Mr. Flynn has served as president and treasurer of the Williams’ Meadow Homeowners Association, chaired the District Advisory Committee (“DAC”) administrative staffing review and recommendations (2005), the DAC tax financing review and recommendations (2006), and co-chaired the district’s successful 2007 operating levy campaign. He is a graduate of St. Xavier High School, Miami University, and the University of Cincinnati College of Law and has been a private practice attorney for almost 25 years. As a lawyer, he represents businesses, individuals and other investors in operational, trade, contract, securities, fiduciary, and other commercial relationships, concentrating in negotiated, litigated and alternative dispute resolutions. He has appeared in state and federal courts throughout the country, is a member of the board of directors for the Cincinnati law firm of Strauss & Troy, and has been awarded the Martindale-Hubble Directory’s AV® peer review rating certifying the highest level of professional excellence and achievement.

Email Address: wflynn@cinci.rr.com

Ken White grew up in western North Carolina and graduated from NC State University (Biochemistry). Ken has a background of careers in sales and marketing and for the last 12 years has been with Kemira Chemicals, Inc. (Finland based Chemicals company) with NA headquarters in Atlanta. His responsibilities include distributor management and business development for the coatings, ceramics and minerals markets in the Americas. Ken has lived in Mariemont since 1986 with his wife, Joy, a teacher. Their daughter, Katherine, now attends the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, and their son, Jonathan, is in his sophomore year at Mariemont High School. Ken is active in both the Mariemont Kiwanis Organization and the Mariemont Civic Association.

Mr. White serves on the Student Achievement and Policy subcommittees for Mariemont Schools and is also a Board Member with the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development. Ken was re-elected to a four year term beginning in January 2010. In both 2010 and 2011, Ken was honored with the Ohio School Board Association “Award of Achievement”. This is an honor awarded to less than 3% of the Ohio School Board members each year.

Email Address: ken.white@kemira.com

Peggy Braun is the proud mother of three graduates of the Mariemont schools. She has been a resident of Mariemont since 1988. In the past, she has served as a co-chair for the 1998 school district levy, president of the Mariemont Junior High School PTO, Odyssey of the Mind coach, co-chair of the junior high community service program, and a community representative on the Cinergy Grant Committee. Her community activities have included serving as a chairperson for the Coalition for a Healthy Committee, a representative on the Mariemont Elementary Restoration Committee, co-president at the Mariemont Swim Association, and president of Mariemont Preschool Parents Group.

Mrs. Braun received her bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Cincinnati. Her former positions include pension/profit-sharing coordinator for PNC, leasing coordinator for Manufacturer’s Hanover Bank and financial analyst for Cincinnati Milacron Treasury Department.

Mrs. Braun was re-elected to the Mariemont School Board to a new four-year term beginning in January 2010.

Email Address: pbraun@mariemontschools.org

Marie Huenefeld, grew up in the school district and moved back in 1967. Both of her children are Mariemont High School graduates. Mrs. Huenefeld has been on Mariemont Elementary’s PTO board, co-chair for the 1985 tax levy and a co-chair of the 2000 bond issue.

She has served on the Board of Trustees for the MariElders, Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled (LADD), the Cerebral Palsy Center and Stepping Stones Center. She is past president of LADD. Mrs. Huenefeld is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, Publicity Chair for the Cincinnati Flower Show, Vice President of the Board of Convalescent Hospital for Children, CCHMC, and Past-President of the Board of Trustees of Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship. She was named a Cincinnati Enquirer Woman of the Year in 1999.

Mrs. Huenefeld received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ohio University. She is also a graduate of Mariemont High School. She was re-elected to the Mariemont School Board in November 2007.

Email address: mhuenefeld@aol.com

A board of education is the creation of the State Legislature and derives its authority to manage and operate the public schools of the district from the State General Assembly. A board of education not only has the authority but also the legal responsibility for the management and control of the school’s employees and students of the district. The members comprising the board of education have no authority to act except as a board, when together in a session, and then as a body or unit by resolution or motion.

Members of the board of education must be qualified electors and residents of the state for one year and of the school district for at least 40 days. Board of education members are selected on a nonpartisan ballot for a period of four years.

A board of education meeting is an official business meeting of the duly elected members of the board of education. The board meeting is the time for planning, for adoption of school policies, and the appraisal of the school system.

Mission Statement

The Mariemont City School District's mission is to provide the utmost in quality education for our Scholars of Today by offering enriching opportunities for individual achievement to inspire our Leaders of Tomorrow.