- Here’s a weird one. Residents on Dayton’s west side are said to be mad that the district might revive a long-closed school building in their neighborhood. Feels like an atypical response, right? Turns out it’s not that the new English language learner program will possibly reactivate the building that’s the problem. The problem is that the building was closed in the first place for underenrollment, yet might be reopened to house even fewer students than before. Personally, I have a number of other concerns. Like: How are these kids going to get transported from every corner of the city to be sequestered here every day? And what shape is the old building in right now, given the district’s history of deferred maintenance? And how many millions of dollars will it will cost to make it habitable again? (Dayton Daily News, 4/21/22) Meanwhile, out in the bougie burbs, one elementary and one middle building in Centerville City Schools are said to be overenrolled and so some students will be shuffled around to other buildings next year. Everyone seems cool with it. Weird. (Dayton Daily News, 4/21/22)
- Meanwhile, in Cleveland, this editorialist has some extremely particular axes to grind against district CEO Eric Gordon. Honestly, it reads to me like it’s just the one axe. (Cleveland.com, 4/22/22)
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