Aji Green

Aji Green

Education

Bachelor's

University of Toledo

Personal

Religion

Christian: Baptist

Profession

Supervisor

Aji Green was a candidate for the Toledo School Board. He lost election to the board on November 5, 2013 against six fellow challengers and one incumbent.

Biography

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Green grew up in Arkansas and moved to Toledo in 2001. He has a degree in human resources management from the University of Toledo, and served in the military from 1993-98. He ran unsuccessfully for the school board in 2009 and for City Council in 2011. At the time of his candidacy, Green was a supervisor at Advance Engineering. He is married and has a daughter in TPS.

Elections

2013

See also: Toledo Public Schools elections (2013)

Results

Toledo Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Bob Vasquez Incumbent	19.3%	16,715
	Nonpartisan	Polly Taylor-Gerken	18.5%	15,947
	Nonpartisan	Chris Varwig	15.6%	13,505
	Nonpartisan	Perry Lefevre	13.4%	11,589
	Nonpartisan	Randall Parker III	10.8%	9,333
	Nonpartisan	Aji Green	9.8%	8,423
	Nonpartisan	Tina Henold	9.3%	8,023
	Nonpartisan	Darryl Fingers	3.3%	2,852
Total Votes				86,387
Source: Lucas County of Ohio, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Lucas County, Ohio," accessed December 13, 2013

Endorsements

Green was endorsed by North West Ohio Building Trades, The United Auto Workers, The CWA, IBEW Local 8, and Sheet Metal Workers Local 33, Local 500, and Local 805 Heat and Frost workers.

Funding

Green reported $700 in contributions but no expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State, which left his campaign with $700 on hand.

2011

Toledo County City Council, District 1, Primary Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democrat	Tyrone Riley	33.4%	601
	Republican	Darryl Fingers	4.1%	74
	Democrat	Aji Green	27.7%	498
	Democrat	Schylar M. Meadows	3.7%	66
	Democrat	Jason M. Schreiner	12.7%	228
	Democrat	Kenneth W. Sharp	3.7%	66
	Democrat	Brandon Tucker	14.9%	268
Total Votes				1,801
Source: Election Results Summary, "Municipal Primary Election, Lucas County," accessed October 29, 2013

2009

Toledo Public Schools, At-large, 4-year term, 2009
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Bob Vasquez	19.8%	23,269
	Nonpartisan	Brenda Hill	17.5%	20,578
	Nonpartisan	Larry J. Sykes	15.5%	18,153
	Nonpartisan	Darlene Fisher	14.7%	17,251
	Nonpartisan	Aji Green	10.7%	12,579
	Nonpartisan	Mindy Jenson	6.9%	8,159
	Nonpartisan	James M. Jones	5.1%	5,954
	Nonpartisan	John G. Bull Dog Rus	3.5%	4,141
	Nonpartisan	Vince Hornik	3.4%	3,978
	Nonpartisan	Norman E. Drogmiller	2.9%	3,394
Total Votes				117,456
Source: Election Results Summary, "General Election, Lucas County," accessed October 29, 2013

Campaign themes

In an October 2013 interview with the Toledo Free Press, Green stated the following when asked about his campaign priorities:

What are the three most crucial issues — in order of importance — facing TPS? What would you do as a board member to address the issues you identify? Three most important issues affecting TPS is the retention of students, improving underperforming schools, and passing a levy that is drastically needed. TPS currently has a renewal levy on the ballot that will raise approximately $16 million annually for five years, or about the annual savings that can be obtained by implementing the performance audit recommendations. Why should the TPS renewal levy be approved by voters? The formula used in our state funding model provides such huge disparities and inequalities in educational funding especially in urban communities like Toledo. The only way to close the gap in this funding is to go to the voters and ask them to pass a levy or renew a levy in this case. In recent years voters have lost trust in our schools, and as a result voters refused to pass such levies until the board regained that trust and made certain changes. Toledo Public Schools have done an excellent job in addressing many of the challenges that they have faced in recent years, and have regained the trust of the community. Alls left for them now is for the administration to be proactive and not reactive in leading this district forward. We have a new young and energetic superintendent that the community has rallied around, and the voters want to see him be successful in leading this district forward. Ohio statutes require that TPS teachers and principals have regular performance evaluations with student performance on standardized tests a component of the evaluation. Should teachers and principals be held directly accountable for student performance in their individual performance evaluations? Why or why not? Teachers should be evaluated, but we shouldn’t have people making decisions that affect them if they themselves have not seen a day in the classroom in order to understand the challenges that teachers face on a day to day basis. Teachers, especially those in large urban districts like Toledo face a multitude of challenges that can’t be measured on a test. So until such a way is defined where it will measure the totality of the contributions of teachers it will be an affront to the students, the families, and of course the educator profession as a whole. Ohio is currently implementing national standards regarding the skills and knowledge all students need for success, referred to as the “Common Core.” Why do you support or oppose the adoption of these standards? I support the fact that common core standards are being implemented; however, I oppose those standards because I believe that they should be set higher. Students that attend private schools especially those around theToledo area have consistently outperformed our public schools because of the high standards that they place on every student. I believe that every student in TPS have the ability to perform at a higher level. It is the job of the board to raise those standards.

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See also

• Toledo Public Schools
• Toledo Public Schools elections (2013)

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