- Changes are coming to the popular College Credit Plus program as early as this summer, courtesy of the Chancellor of Higher Education (at the request of the General Assembly). These will include a limit on what college courses high school students are eligible to attend. Lots of courses from Aviation to Zumba will likely be off limits. (Columbus Dispatch, 1/15/18) High schoolers in Lorain are earning college credits at a “startling” rate, district CEO David Hardy said last week. He wants more more more too. Probably much easier since the “credit recovery” kids have been kicked out of the Colossus of Lorain to make room for the local community college to teach the remaining kids on site. (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 1/12/18)
- We’ve already talked about the potential for ECOT to close either now or in the near future. Luckily for those thousands of students, Akron City Schools is all ready for them to come to them looking for seats. Lucky dogs. (Akron Beacon Journal, 1/14/18) Equally lucky are some current ECOT students living in Lorain County. Some schools there are also ready for them to come to them looking for seats too. As always I say, “Don’t hold your breath too long.” (Elyria Chronicle, 1/13/18) You know who (for some reason) doesn't seem to be ready to have kids come to them looking for seats? Bexley, Solon, and Austintown. Well, at least if they are ready, they aren’t exactly shouting it from their rooftops. How about Massillon City Schools? Who knows. They are just loving life because everything is awesome when you’re a Massillon Tiger. (Canton Repository, 1/16/18) If you ask me—which, of course, no one has—the most likely venue for most of ECOT’s families to look to for new seats if they are needed is one of the other online schools in the state. Finally, someone thought to ask them whether they’re ready. The answer is, unfortunately, maybe. (Columbus Dispatch, 1/13/18)
- As noted about, Akron City Schools is ready for any and all former ECOT students to join them. And it sounds like they are going to be using what is termed here “a new teaching method” as a selling point. Funny, reads more like a new student-ing method to me. (Akron Beacon Journal, 1/16/18)
- Speaking of fancy new stuff, Youngstown’s transportation chief (“I bleed yellow!”) is this week touting a new passcard system for district students which will allow officials and parents to know when and where students entered and exited buses. As long as they can hang on to their passcards, that is. (Youngstown Vindicator, 1/17/18)
