- There’s a lot of needless blather in this piece, but the bottom line is that Wright State University will be providing tutors to Dayton-area schools. While we are once again down the rabbit hole of entities other than K-12 schools getting money for and doing the work of K-12 schools, I was particularly interested to note that the tutoring being provided to Dayton City Schools students is planned to happen during the school day, all the other districts in an afterschool setting. (Dayton 24/7 News Now, 10/3/22) Speaking of Dayton City Schools: Why waste time sending out a survey if you’re already sure you know the answers and are going to ignore what the respondents actually said? (Spectrum News 1, 10/4/22)
- Here’s a nice story about a college fair sponsored by non-profit group Toledo Tomorrow. It is one of several going on across the Glass City right now. (WTOL-TV, Toledo, 10/3/22)
- This one definitely blurs the lines between district and non-profit, but as far as I can make out, it’s the non-profit doing most of the very cool outreach to students and families in Westerville City Schools, bringing tutoring and services directly to them in a Big Blue Bus. (ThisWeek News, 10/3/22)
- Poland, Ohio, is admittedly not the biggest town in the state. But why, in the Year of our Lord ESSER 2022, is a private business raising money for an elementary school to build a sensory room? I mean, yes, it’s a nice and well-meant effort. But it will take years for students to reap any benefit from something being funded one serving of eggs benedict at a time. Was there literally no money left anywhere else in the district? (WKBN-TV, Youngstown, 10/4/22)
- And staying in northeast Ohio to end the day: First Lorain, now Youngstown City Schools. It seems that all the folks who drove those districts into the ground in the past are coming back again now that ADCs are on the wane. (Vindy.com, 10/4/22)
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