- Looks like Youngstown Schools CEO Krish Mohip will not be going home to Chicago this weekend. He has some high-profile visitors to entertain at East High School on Saturday. (WKBN-TV, Youngstown, 7/26/16) It remains to be seen whether CEO Mohip will have his legitimacy questioned by his guests. It is still most definitely under question by the Youngstown school board as they voted this week to continue their lawsuit against the legislation that created the CEO position in the first place. (WYTV-TV, Youngstown, 7/26/16) After this piece, I am left with two questions. First, didn’t the board president say at the last meeting that all their votes from then on would be “advisory” in nature and that the CEO would have final say in everything? And second, in that spirit, didn’t Mohip say last month that there would be no further board meetings until after members got training on Roberts Rules and civil discourse at their August retreat?
- A city-funded initiative to halt the brain drain in suburban Grove City has run into trouble. College tuition assistance for local graduates to continue their education at one of three higher-ed institutions in the city includes a religious college. And some folks don’t like that. (Columbus Dispatch, 7/27/16)
- We told you on Monday about a couple details of the noncompete clause in the separation agreement for former Dayton supe Lori Ward. Specifically: no Dayton-area charter schools. Not a problem, it seems, as Ward is to become an interim staffer at Cleveland Metropolitan School District. (Dayton Daily News, 7/26/16)
- Busing has been restored to all K-5 students in tony New Albany schools, regardless of distance from home to school. But this miracle seems to have been accomplished at great cost. Three to a seat?! Good heavens won’t someone think of the children? (ThisWeek News/New Albany News, 7/26/16)
