- Looks like the new year is starting in Youngstown City Schools the same way the old one ended – with a battle of words between the school board and the CEO waged in the pages of the Vindy. (Youngstown Vindicator, 1/3/17)
- Meanwhile, the new year means a new CEO-style Academic Distress Commission for Lorain City Schools. In fact, March 7 is the exact date. Here’s a very thorough look at the preparations already underway. If this story is accurate, the “Lorain Plan” feels a lot different than the “Youngstown Plan” to me. (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 1/1/17)
- Editors in Toledo opined this week against a proposed zoning change that would, they say, “attack the autonomy” of charter schools in the Glass City. Yes. You read that right. (Toledo Blade, 1/2/17) In case you’re wondering what the zoning proposal is, you can check out the details here. You can also check out who is spearheading it and why and who thinks it’s a bad idea and why. (Toledo Blade, 12/25/16) Loyal Gadfly Bites subscribers may remember that zoning and review mechanisms were used successfully in 2015 to scuttle a move by another charter school to buy the old YMCA building in Downtown Toledo. That school chose to close its doors after its losing battle.
