Coble, Peppler Announce They Will Run for Re-election This Fall

Cleveland Heights-University Heights School Board and member Nancy Peppler announced Monday that they will run for re-election this fall. 

Coble and Peppler each have two children in the CHUH district, and have served on the school board since 2008. Peppler was elected for a one-year term as president in 2010, and Coble was elected in 2011. 

Both are the only members whose terms, which are four years, are up this year. No one has officially put in their bid for a CHUH School Board seat, according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The filing deadline is Aug. 10. 

“Our schools are moving in the right direction, and we have the momentum and potential to continue this growth,” Coble said in a press release. “Test scores are up, and this year, for the first time in a long time, enrollment increased.  We’re finding new ways to integrate our schools with our communities and our local governments and we’re accomplishing more with fewer operating dollars.” 

Peppler said she will continue to support the administration's literacy initiatives and other priorities if she is re-elected.

"Continuing to support the administration in their focus on literacy and increasing instructional time, that’s been a real focus of this administration and we absolutely support that," Peppler said during a phone conversation. "And making sure this facilities plan is comprehensive and helps to better anchor the schools in the community and the community in the schools."

Coble and Peppler are both Cleveland Heights residents. Coble is a playwright and Peppler is vice president for external relations at Beech Brook.

"Without a doubt, we’ve accomplished a lot, but there’s still more to do," Peppler said in a press release. "There is the long-term , and we’ve only begun to implement proactive changes in all our classrooms from K-12. We feel we owe it to our fellow parents and everyone in our cities to see it through. We hope the voters agree with us.” 

Editor's Note: An earlier edition of this article's subhead indicated that Coble and Peppler were current and former board members, but it should have read board presidents.