John F. Belin

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• Age:47
• Residence:Emmaus
• Do you have children in the district? No
  
• Politics: Democrat
• Experience: former brandywine heights school board director 1993-1995. 

1. What motivates you to want to become a board member?

Want to make east penn school district have the most educational opportunties for our students. want to think creativity so our students get the skills they need to succeed. the most important thing to me is give our students the best educational opportunties to succeed without burdening our taxpayers.

2. What do you see as the board’s roles and responsibilities?

Making important decisions that will affect our students and taxpayers, while maintaining financial security.

3. What is your vision for education in this community?

Education is very important and it will educate our students to make them viable leaders in the future.

4. What do you see as the primary work of the board?

To offer the best educational opportunities available but also maintaining fiscal responsibility.

5. What are the current challenges facing education/school boards?

Budget cuts and and possible elimination of essential classes and cuts of the most important asset to our school district teachers and support staff.

6. Would you support a tax increase?

Only if its means eliminating important programs and as well as the great teachers we have and support staff, the max tax increase i would vote for would be 4.8% and no higher.

7. Can you think of any district expenses that should be cut?

Making the employees pay more towards Health care cost, looking at our energy uses in all buildings, combining classes, looking at new suppliers for inventoried items.

8. Do you support merit pay for teachers?

I support merit pay for teachers so they can have incentives to get better educated and to learn new technologies that would enhance the classroom education.

9. Are you in favor of the Governor’s school voucher proposal?

I do not support the governors voucher program and think it would be detrimental to our public school system.

10. How do you think Gov.Corbett’s proposed budget will affect East Penn?

It will not have a good impact on east penn or the other 501 school districts in pennsylvania. it looks like possible layoffs and classes could be eliminated, and additional burden will fall on the taxpayers.

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