Cindy
Hill - GOP Candidate for
State Superintendent
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Cindy
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Hill's Meetings
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Cindy Hill Hears Solutions
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State
Superintendent Candidate
Stops in Sublette
Sublette Examiner (by Trey
Wilkinson)
May 17, 2010
She’s now made it through
all 23 counties in the state
of Wyoming, but Cindy Hill
doesn’t plan on slowing down
in her pursuit of better
education.
Hill, 47, passed through
Pinedale Thursday making
stops at the Sublette
Examiner, Pinedale
Roundup and to visit
with a local teacher on her
campaign tour for State
Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Hill started her campaign on
April 12 and will challenge
incumbent Jim McBride in the
Republican primary Aug. 17.
Having spent 24 years as an
educator – nearly nine years
as a public school principal
and 15 years serving
students in the private
sector – Hill would like to
see more inspirational
leadership and listening
while cutting back on
testing.
“Too much testing is getting
in the way of our basic
mission – which is
teaching,” she said
Thursday. “We need
inspirational leadership.
Every time the system places
more bureaucratic burdens on
the teachers it diminishes
their personal commitment in
the classroom.”
Hill also said the amount of
money spent is not yielding
the results that should be
expected.
“One out of four kids don’t
graduate from high school,”
she said. “Of those who do
graduate approximately 40
percent will require some
form of remedial education.
And that doesn’t tell the
whole story.”
Hill said for those who
don’t graduate, “They will
likely be underemployed.”
“The drop-out rate will have
impacts on families, the
community and in Wyoming for
years to come,” she
explained. “It has impacts
on quality of life in our
state and our
competitiveness in the work
force.”
As far as listening is
concerned, Hill said more
attention needs to be paid
to everyone.
“We need to listen to the
teachers, parents and our
kids. They are the front
lines,” she said. “We need
to listen and we need to
act.”
If elected, Hill vows to
eliminate duplication of
testing and ensure test
results are timely and
useful to the teacher and
the student.
“I’ll be in all 23 counties
listening to parents,
teachers, school boards and
the community,” she said.
“And then we’ll act on those
findings.”
Hill received a bachelor’s
degree in education from the
University of Wyoming and a
master’s degree from the
University of Michigan. She
currently resides in
Cheyenne.
Hill will be back in
Sublette County on June 15.
Micheli,
Candidates Visit Fossil
Country
Kemmerer Gazette (By Zach
Zavoral)
May 13, 2010
Republican gubernatorial
candidate Ron Micheli was
the guest of honor at a
reception held at Fossil
Country Museum last Wednesday,
May 5. Micheli is a
fourth-generation rancher
from Ft. Bridger and served
for 16 years in the Wyoming
House of Representatives.
At left: Cindy Hill pops a
little personality into her
speech as she presents to
the Kemmerer Senior Citizens
Center during lunch time
last Wednesday, May 5, as
part of her Fossil Country
visits.
Public
Pulse on Economic Outlook
with Bill Schilling
In the national "Race to the Top" for innovative educational funding, Wyoming pulled up short and has decided not to even enter the second heat. It will sit on the sidelines while other states compete for $1.35 billion in the next phase of the program.
This unexpected news was announced by Superintendent of Public Instruction Jim McBride on Saturday at the Wyoming Republican Convention in Sheridan. Then again, where better than a political arena for a GOP elected state official to communicate that the Wyoming Department of Education isn't going after more of those dreaded federal dollars that are so unpopular these days?
Wyoming
Superintendent
of
Public
Instruction
Jim
McBride
told
state
Republicans
on
Saturday
that
the
state
has
much
to
be
proud
of
about
its
public
school
system.
And
McBride,
as
he
runs
for
re-election,
said
he
deserves
major
credit
for
the
system's
successes.
But
challenger
Cindy
Hill
of
Cheyenne
shot
back
sharply
at
McBride.
She
charged
McBride
has
presided
over
a
heavily
bureaucratic
state
school
system
that's
added
staff
and
pumped
up
its
budget
while
failing
to
meet
the
needs
of
many
students.
"One
out
of
four
of
our
kids
in
Wyoming
are
not
graduating
from
high
school,"
said
Hill,
who
has
worked
as a
junior
high
principal.
"And
of
those
who
do
and
elect
to
further
their
education,
40
percent,
approximately
40
percent,
will
require
some
form
of
remedial
education."
Schools
Challenger Cindy Hill Jabs
at Incumbent McBride at GOP
Convention
The Republic - Columbus, IN
May 1, 2010
And McBride,
as he runs
for
re-election,
said he
deserves
major credit
for the
system's
successes.
But
challenger
Cindy Hill
of Cheyenne
shot back
sharply at
McBride. She
charged
McBride has
presided
over a
heavily
bureaucratic
state school
system
that's added
staff and
pumped up
its budget
while
failing to
meet the
needs of
many
students.
School reforms in general,
and charter schools in
particular, have not played
a central role in Wyoming's
past campaigns for state
superintendent of public
instruction.
That is expected to change
this year with the entrance
of Cindy Hill into the
Republican primary. This
Cheyenne educator intends to
discuss the need for
charters as she challenges
incumbent Jim McBride. He
has sat on the fence
regarding charter schools,
saying the job of the state
department is to argue
neither for nor against
charter schools.
Superintendent
of
Public
Instruction
Jim
McBride
says
Wyoming
sustained
about
$9.5
million
in
damages
because
of
problems
with
the
administration
of
the
state's
student
assessment
this
spring.
McBride
made
the
claim
in a
letter
Thursday
to
NCS
Pearson
Inc.
The
state
education
department
says
the
letter
is a
response
to
NCS
Pearson's
initial
settlement
offer
of
about
$266,000.
Cynthia
Hill to Run for
Superintendent of Public
Instruction
SheridanMedia.com
April 20, 2010
Over the past week, Carey
Middle School principal
Cindy Hill visited all
Wyoming Counties to announce
her intention to run on the
Republican ticket for State
Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Jim McBride
currently holds that seat.
Wyoming’s
K-12
education
system is
bloated,
unfocused
and entirely
too
test-heavy.
That’s the
campaign
message
Cindy Hill
shared with
Wyomingites
on the first
day of her
announcement
tour as a
candidate
for Wyoming
superintendent
of public
instruction.
The
Wheatland
native looks
to rid the
state’s
schools of
big
government
and
reintroduce
a system of
back and
forth
communication
between
elected
officials,
school
administrators
and
teachers.
“Often
times, the
people who
are making
these
decisions,
who are
seemingly
managing our
systems, are
so far, so
distant from
the
classrooms,
they don’t
know the
needs of our
kids,” she
said.
Hill
Kicks Off State School
Superintendent Campaign
Casper Star Tribune
April 13, 2010
CHEYENNE
--
Cindy
Hill,
a
Cheyenne
junior
high
school
principal,
wants
to
get
the
duplication
out
of
student
testing
and
supports
parental
choice
of
schools.
Hill
kicked
off
her
campaign
for
state
superintendent
of
public
instruction
Monday
with
appearances
in
Cheyenne,
Wheatland,
Torrington,
Douglas
and
Casper.
Her
schedule
for
the
second
day
of
meeting
voters
will
begin
at
10
a.m.
today
at
the
Brewed
Attitude
in
Riverton,
followed
by
stops
in
Lander,
Pinedale
and
Big
Piney.
In a
rare
primary
challenge
to
an
incumbent
statewide
official,
two
Cheyenne
educators
are
throwing
their
hats
into
the
Republican
race
for
state
superintendent
of
public
instruction.
Laramie
County
School
District
1
superintendent
Ted
Adams
and
assistant
junior
high
principal
Cindy
Hill
are
the
only
candidates
from
either
party
so
far
to
challenge
Republican
Jim
McBride
for
the
state’s
highest
educational
office.
In a
rare
primary
challenge
to
an
incumbent
statewide
official,
two
Cheyenne
educators
are
throwing
their
hats
into
the
Republican
race
for
state
superintendent
of
public
instruction.
Laramie
County
School
District
1
superintendent
Ted
Adams
and
assistant
junior
high
principal
Cindy
Hill
are
the
only
candidates
from
either
party
so
far
to
challenge
Republican
Jim
McBride
for
the
state's
highest
educational
office.
ernatorial
candidate Ron Micheli was
the guest of honor at a
reception held at Fossil
Country Museum last Wed