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- It’s gonna be short and sweet today as your humble clips compiler translates between two languages for you—from Districtleaderspeak into straightforward Gadflybitesish—for each clip. Here we go: When you hear Dayton City Schools leaders (and other government folks) in this piece say that busing local students properly—including district, charter, STEM, and private schoolers—is “complicated”, what they really mean is “we don’t wanna do what the law requires us to”, despite the longstanding and multifaceted brokenness of their system as it stands. (Dayton Daily News, 4/28/25)
- And when you hear various school district leaders express “concern” over new legislative proposals requiring them to sell underutilized buildings to charter, STEM, or private schools, what that translates to is “We may really have to follow the school facilities laws if this passes.” See? It’s easy when you get into it. (Cleveland.com, 4/28/25)
- This last one is a little tougher, though, but I know you can get it. When each of the following words—“outrageous”, “ridiculous”, “disgusting”, and “crazy”—comes out of the mouth of a district or ESC leader, you just read “We hate the existence of vouchers and that people use them, and we hope that that Unicorn judge shuts them all down” and it will all make perfect sense from there. This ends your clips translation service for the day. (Cleveland.com, 4/28/25)
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