- The perennial disaster which is student transportation in Dayton City Schools continues unabated months into the school year. Jeremy Kelly provides a maddening update. Where, I ask you humbly, is the outrage? (Dayton Daily News, 10/1/16)
- As usual for the Vindy, it is not marked as such, but this is clearly the editorial board opining in favor of the Youngstown CEO in the recently-joined battle of Mohip v Board of Ed. (Youngstown Vindicator, 10/4/16) Speaking of Sheriff Mohip, it appears that he has made his decision on the topic of school uniforms after gathering parent input. Uniforms are out district-wide and “clothing appropriate for school” is in. (Youngstown Vindicator, 10/5/16) Now that they are staring a CEO-style Academic Distress Commission in the eyes, members of the Lorain school board are watching Youngstown more closely these days. Case in point, the final item described in this coverage of what sounds like an otherwise boring board meeting in Lorain yesterday. It involves the hotel tax abatement issue in Youngstown, which we have covered here for a couple of weeks. Will it be the board who decides or the CEO? For some reason that even the city planner in me cannot fathom, at least one member of the Lorain board wants more than anything to keep that “power” for itself. (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 10/4/16)
- Governor Kasich dropped in on the Mahoning Valley earlier this week and he and CEO Mohip had a 30-minute catch up session, after which both dudes were gushing (separately) about each other to the Vindy. Fangirl much? (Youngstown Vindicator, 10/4/16)
- In statewide education news, are changes afoot for the state’s Straight A Innovation Fund program? Sounds like some folks want the program to head away from academics and toward wraparound services in terms of innovations. (Gongwer Ohio, 10/4/16) Are changes afoot for the state’s College Credit Plus program? Sounds like some folks have concerns about fairness of costs among districts. Anyone else sensing a trend? (Toledo Blade, 10/5/16)
- The Columbus school board voted yesterday to approve rezoning five lots from their district to New Albany, mainly because their legal counsel was convinced they would lose should the matter end up in court. I can’t help but wonder if they cut loose no votes on their levy or yes votes? Perhaps it doesn’t matter. (Columbus Dispatch, 10/5/16)
