Kelly Marlow has drawn her first challenger in the race for Cherokee County Board of Education Post 1.
Kyla Cromer, the co-president of the Freedom Middle PTA, announced today that she plans to run for the seat, which takes in BridgeMill, Liberty Elementary, Sixes Elementary, and parts of the Holly Springs, Toonigh and Univeter areas.
Cromer, the mother of two daughters, a Freedom Middle student and a Woodstock High student, said "her vast education experience and long-standing involvement in the county’s education community make her uniquely qualified to serve all of the children in Cherokee County."
She received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Miami University in Oxford, OH, taught for a number of years, worked as education director at Sylvan Learning Center in Woodstock and served on an ad hoc committee that urged Cherokee voters to renew an education penny sales tax.
As a controversial redistricting bill that changes the way voters elect the local school board made its way through the General Assembly this year, Cromer expressed disappointment with the Cherokee County Legislative Delegation.
"Our elected state officials have carried through on their threats to oust the local board members that did not vote the way were told," she wrote on the Canton-Sixes Patch message board in early March. "My hope is that the next ten years for CCSD schools is as productive and successful as the last 10, but fear that the impact of HB 1223 will make that extremely difficult. Congrats to Mr.Jerguson et al...you may have won this battle but at what cost to our community?"
If elected, Cromer said she would build upon the district's successes, find "creative ways to have the least impact upon student success as it relates to our challenging budget" and move forward the Cherokee Academies initiative, a new system of specialized programs that will offer students more school choice opportunities in fields such as fine arts and technology.
The Cherokee County School District will launch one of its four science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) academies at Canton Elementary and one of its two fine arts academies at Hasty Elementary at the beginning of the 2012-13 school year, the district has announced.
To read Cromer's full announcement, open the attached PDF.
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Cherokee County School District Central Office Complex
111 Academy St, Canton, GA -
Freedom Middle School
10550 Bells Ferry Rd, Canton, GA -
Liberty Elementary School
10500 Bells Ferry Rd, Canton, GA -
Sixes Elementary School
20 Ridge Rd, Canton, GA -
Woodstock High School
2010 Towne Lake Hills South Dr, Woodstock, GA -
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Canton Elementary School
712 Marietta Hwy, Canton, GA -
William G. Hasty Sr. Elementary School
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PropertyTaxPayer
7:31 pm on Sunday, June 17, 2012
Loosely translated, if elected, Ms. Cromer will do whatever Dr. Petruzielo tells her to.
Kyla Cromer: No Hope, No Change.
Frank Jones
5:38 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
@PropertyTaxPayer...Based upon your post, you're against Ms. Cromer because she'll "rubber stamp" any proposal put forth by Dr. P. I can only infer that you believe that Ms. Marlow will fight any proposal put forth by Dr. P (no matter their merits).
Well, let's see who's got a better track record of working with others in education.
1. Ms. Cromer is a former teacher with an education degree and years of experience working with children. Ms. Marlow taught pre-school at a church school (probably where her children attended).
2. Ms. Cromer has been an active parent within the CCSD for roughly 10-12 years from elementary through high school and has seen the system at all grade levels. Ms. Marlow has twins in elementary school and hasn't seen middle or high school yet.
3. Ms. Cromer has been active in the PTA for years and served as Co-President at Freedom and Sixes. Ms. Cromer was elected to the Sixes PTA, then left.
4. Ms. Cromer has worked on school advisory committes, curriculum committees, and other programs to support school improvement for all students. Ms. Marlow wants to tear down a highly successful school district under a false belief that "choice is better".
Go ahead and vote for Ms. Marlow after all...
Ms. Marlow: Big Business, False Hope.
Kelly Poole
6:19 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
@Frank - I couldn't agree with you more. I was actually the President at Sixes when Ms. Marlow resigned her position. I can't go into additional detail, because that would be unfair to Ms. Marlow, but I do not believe that she has the best interest of all Cherokee County children in her heart. Because of previous quotes from her in the AJC and on the patch, she is just in it for a "Yes" vote to approve CCSD funds for the charter school that her children attend. Fact not fiction!
Steely Dan
11:18 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Having finally watched all the debate, I don't get the impression either candidate wants to tear down anything. The differences I heard seem to be in Choice and Spending.
Cromer thinks the elected Board should dictate to parents the choice they have. Cromer clearly doesn't think parents are capable of making this choice for themselves. This is stolen from the Democrat platform.
Marlow thinks the choice should belong to parents, not politicians, which falls in line with the GOP platform.
On spending, Cromer was vocal that a half-Billion $$ is not enough to finance the CCSD. Cromer wants more spending - a Democrat ideal. Marlow wanted to make a half-bilion $$ work rather than increase spending - a GOP ideal.
In this dismal economy, a half Billion $$$ is more than enough. Not sure why obvious Board Puppet Cromer disagrees. She couldn't even hide her puppetry, always answering questions with "We can't". Who's the 'We' she's referring to?
Cromer wants to continue the status quo that's seeing 27% of our students not get their high school diploma and saw 4 schools fail CRCT testing last year. She embraces mediocrity and clearly thinks paying off CCSD Admins is more important than keeping teachers in schools.
It's comical this obvious Democrat is running as a Republican.
Kyla Cromer: Embrace Mediocrity.