- Fordham is namechecked in today’s Dispatch editorial offering some forward-looking advice on the graduation requirements discussion sure to dog us into 2019. (Columbus Dispatch, 12/14/18) School leaders in Clark County, however, are ecstatic about the extension of non-academic graduation pathways for 2019 and 2020. (Springfield News-Sun, 12/14/18)
- On his way out the door, Ohio’s rock-n-roll State Auditor is playing a couple of his oldies but goodies. First up, his office this week released a report recommending a close look into whether the Ohio Department of Education's duties regarding e-schools should be restructured. Who could ever get tired of that one? (Gongwer Ohio, 12/13/18) For an encore, it’s that perennial classic “Cash-strapped school district should eliminate excess staffing in order to avoid going into the red”. I’m assuming the good folks at Cuyahoga Falls City School District would prefer he stick to “Free Bird”. (Akron Beacon Journal, 12/13/18)
- As you can see in the preceding clip, I referred to Cuyahoga Falls by its full and official designation as a City School District. In Ohio, there are also Local School Districts and Exempted Village School Districts. What’s the difference? While it’s got a lot to do with population size, as you might expect, there is more to it than that. And the CFO of Mentor Exempted Village Schools has a video to explain. For some reason. (Willoughby News-Herald, 12/12/18)
- The Columbus City School District (large) and the Groveport-Madison Local School District (much smaller) this week announced a settlement of borders between them in a further dismantling of the decades-old win-win agreement that accompanied the rapid expansion and annexation of land by the City of Columbus in the 1980s. I’m pretty sure that there’s only a single “win” here in the new agreement. But I could be wrong about that. (Columbus Dispatch, 12/13/18)
- Finally this week, a town hall meeting was held in Dayton City Schools yesterday on the topic of parent engagement. There were more board and staff in attendance than there were parents, which is sad. The issues raised by parents (language barriers, perceptions of disrespect, and previous bad experiences) were also sad. The reactions by district officials? Well, you be the judge. (Dayton Daily News, 12/13/18)
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