- Don’t let the education oligarchy fool you.
- Are they spending wisely?
- CCS has no excuse
- Columbus schools should have to prove they deserve money
Columbus schools should have to prove they deserve money
American’s are enduring the effects of persistent inflation. The cost of everything has gone up. Everybody is worse off for it.
Union’s represented workers across many major industries have or are currently going on strike demanding significantly higher wages and benefits.
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The high cost of gasoline and diesel fuels translates into higher input costs for all products. Most of the higher wages and input costs are passed onto the consumer. Electric bills have increased. Now, the county is raising our property taxes.
On top of all that, the Columbus City Schools has decided to put forward a levy on the November ballot.
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Unfortunately, the recent Ohio Department of Education release of school district report card data shows that Columbus City Schools made no improvements over the previous school-year while actually declining in two of the measurements.
I suggest we incentivize the district with an offer for a future levy increase by setting a goal that they improve from the current 2-star rating to at least a 3-star rating.
Once they achieve that, then they would deserve an increase. Let’s not forget that this is about student’s education.
Alan Bumgardner, Columbus
Don’t let the education oligarchy fool you
The Columbus school board should be ashamed to show their faces.
Voters are being asked to approve another large levy right on the heels of a state report card which grades the district not only as failing, but even worse that the catastrophic years before this.
When will the voters start to understand that we are being treated like patsies by the board, the superintendent and the teachers’ union.
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Ours is one of the very worst performing districts in the United States of America.
Time after time the district has put up levies, each time promising progress and each time failing abysmally.
Leadership is more concerned with producing “inclusive structures” — in the words of the superintendent — and socially progressive policies, than with the fundamentals of a basic education.
The millions of dollars granted by the inattentive public are being wasted. Voters , save your money, educate your kids at home.
Don’t let the education oligarchy fool us once again.
Thomas Dugan, Columbus
No excuse
I was saddened to read about the annual report card for Ohio’s public schools and Columbus City Schools’ slippage in some ratings. CCS has no excuse for this poor performance.
CCS is well funded and spends more money per student than other high cost cities such as Chicago and New York. What is more disappointing is the reaction of the CCS’s superintendent to this report.
She bragged about the “progress” the CCS made in the last couple of years. The superintendent and the board should concentrate their efforts on improving student performance and graduation rates instead of campaigning to pass the proposed levy.
George A. Elmaraghy
Are they spending wisely?
Perhaps the Columbus City Schools Board of Education should look at the optics of two decision
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- Proposing entering into a contract with the Columbus Crew whereby CCS would PAY the Crew $175,000 for the Crew to “equip students with the skills & knowledge they need to succeed academically.” No specifics mentioned as to what the soccer team would offer the district.
- The school board is urging voters to back a $100 million levy. Board President Jennifer Adair said the district needs the permanent levy saying “it’s about keeping our lights on..”
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Maybe some lights could be kept on if the Board didn’t GIVE away money for non-specified assistance from the Crew.
Spend wisely.
Diane Cottrill-Miller, Gahanna
