District 4 school board hopeful Gregg Juster said his inexperience in government and with public schools is one of his biggest selling points as a candidate for the Hamilton County Board of Education.

Speaking to the editorial board of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Mr. Juster, a Chattanooga transplant and longtime businessman, said he is willing and able to bring fresh ideas to the board because he is new.

Mr. Juster said he wants to see the school system post an online check register so citizens can keep track of every single expenditure.

He also suggested it might be a good idea to take illiterate and math-challenged high school students from Howard School of Academics and Technology — which is in his potential district — and place them in a separate area of the school. Their only curriculum would be math and reading until they could read, write and do basic math, he said.

He also said he believes home schooling is often the best way to teach students, although it is not often practical for parents. He said he was willing to see whether some home-school methods had a place in public education.

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