Board Of Education
The Painesville City Local Schools Board is a policy-making body that functions according to mandates of state law. It represents the State of Ohio and the citizens of Painesville on all matters and decisions dealing with public education. The Board is nonpartisan and nonsectarian as it speaks and acts for the community. Moreover, it acts as a committee-of-the-whole on matters requiring official decisions. No Board member has independent authority to speak for the Board.
The following citizens make up the Painesville City Board of Education:
The following citizens make up the Painesville City Board of Education:
Committees:
Student Learning & Achievement
Ms. Kathleen Powers-Dolney serves as President of the Board of Education. Ms. Powers-Dolney is no stranger to the district, having retired from Painesville City Local Schools in 2008 after twenty-three years as a guidance counselor and an English teacher at Harvey High School.
Ms. Powers Dolney was born and raised in Painesville. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education from Ursuline College and a Master of Education degree in Counseling and Personnel Services in Education from Kent State University. She is a member of St. Mary Church in Painesville, where she serves as a communion minister and is the proud mother of one daughter.
Charles TackettFinance & Operations
Student Learning & Achievement
Mr. Charles Tackett has lived in Painesville with his wife for nearly twenty-five years. Together they have raised three children, all of whom have attended PCLS schools from preschool through high school.
Mr. Tackett is a registered Architect working in the residential design studio of RDL Architects, leading teams that serve clients from across the country with their multi-family real estate development projects.
Mr. Tackett is a registered Architect working in the residential design studio of RDL Architects, leading teams that serve clients from across the country with their multi-family real estate development projects.
Dorothy "Drez" Jennings
Member
Committees:
Policy
Drez Jennings has lived in Lake County since 1986 and in Painesville since 1993. She and her husband Mark Wainwright are proud parents of Painesville City School District alumni John Wainwright and Connie Wainwright.
Jennings is currently a managing editor in the Cleveland Clinic Health Library. Previously, she was a communications manager at KeyBank and Squire Patton Boggs. She is a member of the Lake County Free Clinic board, United Way Women United, and a supporter of the Downtown Painesville Organization and the Harvey High School Athletic Booster Club.
Frances WebbMember
Committees:
Finance & Operations
Community Outreach
Frances Webb M.D. was born in Painesville and is a proud alumni of Harvey High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio Dominican College and her Doctorate of Medicine from Wright State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Webb retired from private practice as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist of over 30 years to return home to Painesville. She is a member of Union Pentecostal Church, Unity of Love Christian Women's Fellowship and on the Executive Board of the Lake County branch of the NAACP.