MANSFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
About the Board of Education
School Board members are elected officials, who play a very important role in public education. Our Board members are responsible for setting District policy, overseeing District direction, and representing community priorities. We are fortunate in Mansfield City Schools to have an active and engaged Board. The Mansfield City Schools Board of Education consists of Sheryl Weber, Gary Feagin, Christ Elswick, Renda Cline, and Linda Golden. All of our Board members are serving members, and their experience is a huge asset to our District.
Our Board of Education provides proof that quality Board members do not simply attend meetings, but engage in shaping the present and future of our District. Being a school board member is truly a service position. Our Board Members sacrifice time and energy to serve the students of this community.
President Mr. Christopher Elswick
Elswick.Christopher@mansfieldschools.org
Chris Elswick has been a board member for over 12 years. He and his family are all graduates of Mansfield Senior High School.
"Equity in education is very important,” Elswick said. “We’ve been Tygers for a long time. I think it's very important that people are willing to step up, be part of the process, and try to make things better.”
Elswick earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from Ashland University. He runs Elswick Appliance Repair, the family business he took over 17 years ago. He also works as a teacher for the Ashland University Correctional Education program, which offers college courses inside the prison system.
Vice President Mrs. Linda Golden
Golden.Linda@mansfieldschools.org
Linda Golden taught and retired from Mansfield City Schools. Linda studied career technical education and culinary arts at Columbus State Community College and the University of Toledo. She is the owner of Aah Teas, a food concession trailer. She spent 17 years as a high school culinary arts instructor, including four years at Tri-Rivers Career Center and 13 at Mansfield Senior High School.
As a board member, Mrs. Golden said she draws on her experience as a teacher but also tries to listen to the needs of the community.
“I try to use my voice as a former educator to assist in making our programs and classroom experiences for our children successful,” she added. “As a board member, you must listen to the children, parents, staff and community to really hear what their concerns are and how we as a board, with our superintendent and team, can address these.”
Mr. Gary Feagin
Elswick.Christopher@mansfieldschools.org
Mr. Feagin was a Mansfield Senior in 1974. Since then, he has volunteered for the city’s schools, teaching economics through the Junior Achievement program at Mansfield Senior and Hedges Elementary School.
Throughout the 1990s he was an assistant basketball coach for John Simpson Junior High School and at Mansfield Senior he worked as a junior varsity coach. He is a member of the Hall of Fame Committee and worked on passing two tax levies for the district with Superintendent Lloyd Martin during his time.
“I will try my very best to make Mansfield City Schools the best it can be and to let kids have the chance to succeed in this global economy,”
Jennifer Kime
