- Northeast Ohio’s own version of the Loch Ness Monster has reared his head again, and it looks like he might want to stick around a while this time. Denessie Kucinich says he’s running for governor, you see, using lots of the same rhetoric and ideas that he’s floated before. To wit: giving control of the state’s charter schools over to the elected school boards in the districts in which they operate. Fordham’s Chad Aldis is on hand to offer a simpler solution which would accomplish Denessie’s ultimate aim a little more easily. If only he’ll listen to sage advice. (Toledo Blade, 2/2/18)
- Speaking of charter schools, a page A1, top-of-the-fold news item in yesterday’s Dispatch noted that “GOP-dominated areas of Ohio have few charter schools in them.” Why do you suppose the D would bring up a weird factoid like that so prominently just now? (Columbus Dispatch, 2/4/18) Probably because there was, further down in the article mix yesterday, a piece that asked the question “will ECOT be the next scandal that brings Democrats to power in Ohio”? Allow me to consult my Magic 8 Ball. (Columbus Dispatch, 2/4/18)
- Back in the real world, Hudson schools admit to having some trouble adjusting to Ohio’s new method of reporting student absences and truancy. Remember, Hudsonians, that bean counting stuff is important here in Ohio. See above if you don’t believe me. (My Town NEO, 2/5/18)
- Also in the real world: editors in Sandusky posted a pretty scathing editorial today regarding recent changes to a beloved afterschool program in the Campbell school district. (Sandusky Register, 2/5/18)
- In news that’s perhaps a bit too real: students in the auto repair program at Max Hayes High School in Cleveland have completed rebuilding a city police cruiser destroyed during the celebration of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA championship in 2016. I have so many questions. (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 2/3/18)
- Finally today, a former synagogue in Zanesville has been purchased by the city school district and is to become the site for its JROTC program. Mazel tov and semper fi, y’all! (Zanesville Times Recorder, 2/4/18)
