Phil Haming for JCPS School Board — District 2

Phil and his wife Dina, a registered nurse, have raised five children, one of them a JCPS graduate. Their five kids took five different paths after school — skilled trades, business, the arts. That is the idea he is running on.

Phil Haming earned a B.S. from Hannibal LaGrange College. He and his wife, Dina, have raised five children.

ABOUT PHIL
CLASSROOM, SHOP FLOOR, LOUISVILLE

Phil Haming is a St. Xavier graduate and a former JCPS teacher who has spent the last three decades in industrial sales — the last twenty of them helping Kentucky shops buy, run, and staff the machines that make things.

He taught Language Arts and Social Studies at Newburg Middle School, then English at Holy Cross High School, where he also coached varsity basketball. He is a Certified Machine Tool Sales Engineer through the AMTDA and has been recognized repeatedly for market share at HAAS Factory Outlet, covering Louisville and Western Kentucky.

Phil Haming works in industrial sales. He previously taught Language Arts and Social Studies at Newburg Middle School and English at Holy Cross High School, where he also coached varsity basketball.

Phil works in industrial sales. He previously taught Language Arts and Social Studies at Newburg Middle School and English at Holy Cross High School, where he also coached varsity basketball.

2026 Kentucky General Election

IN PHIL'S WORDS

To strengthen early reading mentoring programs in K–3rd grade by fostering programs that reward JCPS high-school students who serve as reading buddies and reading coaches at nearby public libraries and JCPS elementary schools.

Proposes reading-mentoring programs for K–3 students that reward high school students for serving as reading buddies and coaches at public libraries and elementary schools.

- Proposes reading-mentoring programs for K–3 students that reward high school students for serving as reading buddies and coaches at public libraries and elementary schools.

Access to Education

IN PHIL'S WORDS

To champion opportunities for middle and high school students to learn skilled trades such as plumbing, HVAC, welding, carpentry, industrial maintenance, auto repair, CDL, Computer Aided Design (CAD), 3-D printing and machining.

To help every middle school student discover their unique talents, interests, and career opportunities. Every child has unique abilities that can lead to a productive and fulfilling future. I will support programs that expose students to skilled trades, technology, business, the arts, entrepreneurship, and other career pathways before they enter high school.

Advocates for middle and high school opportunities to learn skilled trades, including plumbing, welding, automotive repair, and machining.

Supports programs that expose students to career pathways before high school, including skilled trades, technology, business, arts, and entrepreneurship.

- Advocates for middle and high school opportunities to learn skilled trades, including plumbing, welding, automotive repair, and machining.
- Supports programs that expose students to career pathways before high school, including skilled trades, technology, business, arts, and entrepreneurship.

School Curriculum

IN PHIL'S WORDS

To reduce class sizes, when possible, by offering more constructive programs to students who do not perform well in a regular classroom.

IN PHIL'S WORDS

To instill fiscal responsibility and mandatory accounting measures that keep the school board always informed to prevent future over-spending. This will include a paid CPA with unlimited access who reports only to the school board.

IN PHIL'S WORDS

To help guide and assist Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood in his immediate efforts to erase the $188,000,000 deficit left by the previous school board and administration.

Proposes reducing class sizes when possible by offering alternative constructive programs for students who do not perform well in regular classrooms.

Proposes mandatory accounting measures and a certified public accountant who reports to the board to prevent overspending.

Plans to help the superintendent eliminate the district's stated $188 million deficit.

- Proposes reducing class sizes when possible by offering alternative constructive programs for students who do not perform well in regular classrooms.
- Proposes mandatory accounting measures and a certified public accountant who reports to the board to prevent overspending.
- Plans to help the superintendent eliminate the district's stated $188 million deficit.

School Facilities & Resources

IN PHIL'S WORDS

To improve student attendance by ensuring that the attendance-enforcement system is adequately staffed and effective.

Plans to improve student attendance by adequately staffing and operating the system for enforcing attendance.

- Plans to improve student attendance by adequately staffing and operating the system for enforcing attendance.

Student Wellbeing

To back teachers who need a disruptive student removed from the classroom, at any time it is necessary and without retribution from school administration. KRS 158.150 provides for removal when a student's behavior disrupts the classroom environment and education process, or when a student challenges the authority of a supervising adult.

Supports allowing teachers to remove disruptive students from classrooms when necessary, without administrative retaliation.

- Supports allowing teachers to remove disruptive students from classrooms when necessary, without administrative retaliation.

Teachers

Phil Haming

- Proposes mandatory accounting measures and a certified public accountant who reports to the board to prevent overspending.
- Plans to help the superintendent eliminate the district's stated $188 million deficit.

Mauricio Mendez

Buket Urgen

Alante' J. Gaines

Lillian Brents

Robert Kahne

Tim Shaughnessy

- Board of education members work as a team to lead the school district by setting policy, providing resources, and overseeing employees. 
- The board of education is responsible for the local school budget. It reviews expenditures, allocates funds, and approves facility plans. The board may levy taxes if deemed necessary.
- The board of education hires and directly supervises the district superintendent.
- School board of education numbers are elected in staggered even-numbered years through a nonpartisan election and serve four-year terms. Most boards in Kentucky consist of five members. 
- Independent school districts elect board members at large; county school districts elect board members from divisions. 
- School board members do not receive a salary. They may be compensated for costs associated with state-mandated activities. 

Governs the local public school system and allocates the education budget. 