Bernadine Kennedy Kent

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Kent worked as a teacher and an assistant principal for Columbus City Schools for over 20 years. She was voted educator of the year during that time. She works as the director of the organization Parent Advocates for Students in Schools (P.A.S.S.).[2]

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Kent's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Ms. Kent fervently believes what leads to success is a commitment to factual, sincere communication and an allegiance to the pledge of representative government – not self. She is determined to bridge the communication gap between the people, their government, and the business community.

Spending responsibly, greater accountability, and line-by-line reviews of each agency forces government agencies to be transparent and more efficient in the spending of the people's tax dollars.

For Ms. Kent, it all comes full circle - a relevant and quality education for all children is critical to America's economic future as well as its people. Bias has no place in our society where children are involved.

It is through education in world-class schools, job growth and equity in pay and a massive reduction in crimes of violence against our nation's children, we will emerge in a whole vibrant and inclusive 21st-century society.[9]

—Bernadine Kennedy Kent[10]

Kent highlighted the following goals on her campaign website:

1. Reduce class sizes and train our teachers to teach through technology by providing classroom assistants that are tech savvy to aid in making education more relevant to an ever-changing world.

2. Offer Equal opportunity for all students to participate in the sciences, the arts, technology, and skill-producing education so that we can return to neighborhood schools for safety, financial reward and sense of community.

3. Eliminate standardized testing as a factor in determining whether a child advances or as a way to grade schools or define the effectiveness of teachers.

4. Utilize the budget to properly foster accountability, gain oversight, and eliminate unnecessary spending as well as fraud, waste, and abuse.

5. Recognize and value those public employees, parents, and community members, who work behind the scenes to help our students succeed.[9]

—Bernadine Kennedy Kent's campaign website (2015), [11]