Michael Harlow

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Michael Harlow

Prior offices

Northwest Local School District At-large

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Toledo

Graduate

University of Toledo

Personal

Profession

Education policy consultant

Contact

Personal website

Michael Harlow was an at-large seat holder on the Northwest Local School Board. He won election on November 5, 2013, against three fellow challengers and three incumbents. He left office in 2018.

Biography

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Harlow earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public administration from the University of Toledo. He has worked as an education policy consultant. He has also served on the Northwest High School Construction Technology Advisory Committee.

Elections

2013

See also: Northwest Local School District elections (2013)

Results

Northwest Local School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Pamela L. Detzel Incumbent	19.4%	4,995
	Nonpartisan	Michael Harlow	17%	4,388
	Nonpartisan	Christopher J. Heather	15.9%	4,107
	Nonpartisan	David Denny Incumbent	15.4%	3,960
	Nonpartisan	Bruce Gehring	14.5%	3,727
	Nonpartisan	Elaine Gauck Incumbent	10.6%	2,737
	Nonpartisan	Dexter Harold Carpenter	7.3%	1,873
Total Votes				25,787
Source: Hamilton County of Ohio, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Hamilton County, Ohio," accessed December 16, 2013

Endorsements

Harlow was not endorsed in this campaign.

Funding

Harlow reported no contributions or expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State.

Campaign themes

In a 2013 interview with the Courier Post, Harlow stated the following when asked about his campaign priorities:

How can the district meet its budget challenges? Harlow says a top-to-bottom review of all expenditures, with special focus on expenses that benefit the adults more than the students, needs to happen. “We should be compared to similar districts and the best practices should be emulated,” he said. The district has a five-year emergency levy that raises about $7 million annually. If elected, will you support its renewal? Harlow says he is a fiscal conservative, and continuing and emergency levies would be considered. Regarding what would be cut if a levy doesn’t pass, he said that would not be just his decision. “The board would need input from everybody from the ground up, parents teachers and administrators,” he said. What do you think are the biggest challenges facing the district in the next four years? Harlow says the biggest challenge is an out-of-touch board that makes threats to pass levies. He said the lines of communication between the administration and the teachers need to improve. “Our students are falling behind nearby districts in student achievement,” he said. “Change needs to happen but parents and teachers need to have more input.”

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See also

• Northwest Local School District
• Northwest Local School District elections (2013)

External links

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