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Goff stays; schools and teachers go
It was a wild night on the education beat.
First, let me sum up City Day Community School’s board meeting.
We first wrote about City Day in February, when we reported kids at the school had taken practice tests with questions that matched closely to the real state exam. Most recently, we wrote that the school’s sponsor was ordering the school to fire Superintendent Roseda Goff or else they would close the school or fire the governing board.
Well, this was quite a meeting. First, two women told the board they wanted to apply for the two open board seats on the five-member board. They are mother and daughter and one described herself as a close personal friend of Goff’s, saying she would do “anything to help her.”
The board appeared ready to accept the pair before board member Yolanda Toney objected, saying the board should address its business of the day before adding new members.
Then the board went into a closed meeting. When it returned, board member Tom Clark announced Goff would not be fired, but instead a teacher the school blames for problems on the test day earlier this month will be fired.
At that, Toney stood, said she disagreed with the decision and resigned on the spot, walking out of the meeting.
A representative from the sponsor, Education Resource Consultants of Ohio, declined comment at the meeting. I’ll follow up Wednesday to see how ERCO will respond. For all my stories and blog posts on the City Day saga go here.
Then we had the Dayton school board meeting. It was a somber affair as the board voted to empower Superintendent Percy Mack to make deep cuts. Board President Yvonne Isaacs fought back tears while pledging the district would do its best to still provide kids a quality education.
Here are the cuts Mack said were coming:
—School closings and building changes. Two schools will be closed but others may move to more efficient empty buildings. These specifics, he said, will be announced Wednesday.
—Shorter school hours. Dayton will reduce its instructional day to the state minimum. Mack was not certain how much time would be lost, but estimated it would be more than 15 minutes but less than an hour.
—Reduced art, music and physical education. Mack said school leaders resisted the idea of eliminating all music and arts programs at elementary schools. Instead, they are working on a plan to rotate this instruction.
Currently, elementary students routinely take art, music and physical education once per week. Instead, they would likely just be offered one of the three each week, or perhaps even every other week.
—Cuts in athletics. All elementary and middle school athletics will be eliminated. At high school, only five sports will remain — football, boys and girls basketball, girls volleyball and boys and girls track and field.
Mack said he hoped the ticket and concession money generated by these sports will be enough to pay for them entirely. If not, there could be further cuts in sports in 2008-09 unless the district passes a levy or receives other new revenue.
—Specialty programs reduced. All programs, including small niche schools like single gender elementary schools and the Dayton Early College Academy, will face reductions but will not be closed.
Stivers School for the Arts likely will see 75 percent of its adjunct arts staff let go, he said.
—Extracurricular activities cut. Supplemental contracts for teachers who take on extra duties, such as running student clubs, will face a deep cuts. Yearbooks and other services produced by those clubs probably will be eliminated altogether, Mack said.
—Middle School foreign language eliminated. The board had hoped to expand foreign language by adding middle school foreign language teachers as it built new schools for grades K to 8. The goal was to help the students be better prepared for high school. Now those teaching jobs that were added will be cut.
—High School busing dropped. The board will end its contract with RTA that allows the district high school students to ride public transit to school. Mack said he feared leaving kids to find their own way to school could drive up absenteeism and truancy.
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By Barb
June 1, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this
Sorry about the 2 posts my computer said the first one did not go through.By Jessie
June 1, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this
I taught in the DPS system in the late 90’s and early 00’s. I felt discriminated against just like the Alum of Stivers has felt. I actually was called a “cracker” to my face by a black male teacher because I mentioned to him that I needed his help to remind his kids that they had to follow the same discipline rules in my music classroom as they did in his classroom. Obviously he made it VERY clear that he had no rules in his classroom. AND, are you ready for this??? I actually OVERHEARD my principal say to the black phys ed teacher the following: “Good lord, if we could just get rid of all of these white teachers, we could really get somewhere”. Yes folks, this statement was actually said - outloud. Unfortunately, the principal who said it didn’t realize the black phys ed teacher he was speaking to was MARRIED to a WHITE woman. Racism is alive and well - on both sides of the river. A LOT of things need to change in DPS and the City if anything is going to get better. It’s going to take a long time to dig ourselves out of this situation. I really hope, for all of us who live or attend school in this area, that some brilliant solution is come up with… and fast. We can’t have yet another generation living in the streets.By Happy Homeschooler
May 31, 2007 10:50 PM | Link to this
I have to say that ‘Stivers Alumni’ does have a point on the race issue. I’m not sure if DPS still has the ‘Wright Step’ program, but this is a scholarship given to students if the keep a certain GPA from 7th-12th grades (if I remember correctly). They also had other requirements-very reasonable considering what the scholarship was worth. My husband wanted to be able to get this scholarship (excellent student in DPS from k-12), but wasn’t allowed. The reason? He is a white male. Wouldn’t there have been an uproar if black males were excluded from a scholarship opportunity that came directly from a partnership between Wright State and DPS? So why was this racim fair?By Barb
May 31, 2007 6:40 PM | Link to this
I hope the Board Employee did not mean to negate the feelings of Stiver’s Alumni. I certainly hope that person does not speak for the whole district. We have populations of people daily saying that they are being denied things because of their race. When a white student says it then you “hope they do not go through life this way.” So is the race card only good when it fits the sterotype that we are used to. Isn’t it racist to exclude whites because of their race? What if we had a “White Superintendent” of the year award would that be racist yet the “Black Superintendent” of the year is not racist. Maybe a comparison should be done to see which schools have the highest ACT and SAT scores since those are academic and schools should FIRST and foremost be academic. As the cuts are made perhaps those are the things that should be looked at. I think it is a shame we are in the position that we MUST choose between academics and sports but that is now where we are. I have already heard several Stiver’s students are filling out the paperwork for transfers. There is much data to support the arts in academics does anyone have the same data for football or basketball. If the money was avaliable I would like to see all sports in the schools and they certainly play a valuable place in schools but now we should be 100% ACADEMICS. One other question if the schools are considering shortening the school day to save utilities what if the thermastats at Ludlow were turned up to 80 degrees? Administration would still not be working in the same conditions as students when the buildings are well over 90 degrees. Maybe the air conditioning in the BoE cars could be turned off and windows opened. I don’t know what it would save but if the school day is to be shortened to save on utilities I would think every little bit helps.By Barb
May 31, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this
I think it is interesting the Board Employee replied to a white Stiver’s alumni he/she hopes that student doesn’t go through life like that but our black students are constantly allowed to feel they’re entitled to things because they are black. Race card is constantly played by both parents and students. Does the race card only work one way. It is also interesting that the only students who seem to think this is important enough to blog or comment are Stiver’s students. Maybe the board should just look at the ACT and SAT schools of ALL DPS highschools and make their decisions accordingly.By Oldprof
May 31, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this
Well, since Buford isn’t factoring, someone will have to. Dayton’s cost per student is high primarily due to special education students, some of whom require $60,000 annually because they need individual health care and learning assistance. Now, other urban districts have special ed. students too—but in Dayton the proportion of special ed. to non-special students is higher because Dayton has (by far) the highest number of Charters in the state—and Charters skim off the non-special students that would otherwise keep the average cost down. Anyone who doubts it should get the numbers and do the math—factor the charter-school students back into DPS, along with their state subsidies, and see what the average cost per pupil would be.By stivers alumni
May 31, 2007 2:51 PM | Link to this
must have hit a nerve with the last blog if a board employee could only come back with, “i hope you don’t go through life thinking like that.” the sad part is that anyone feels that way in a PUBLIC school system. Ideally we should all feel like we are treated fairly, which i understand this is not a perfect world, but to be the privileged white child and always have to work harder to get things that are handed to the underprivileged just doesn’t seem fair. I saw plenty of people get scholarships because they were underprivileged and didn’t have parents that were educated. That wasn’t my fault right? All I am saying is this is a race issue and i am not alone in believing so. It is the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about, and until everyone learns to work together and put some things before football and basketball we will be producing students capable of working fast food for the rest of their lives and thats it. There are only so many fast food chains in dayton… something needs done.By Buford
May 31, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this
Board Employee: I did not factor anything into the figures I quoted. Scott had already commented about the numbers of “Special Needs” students in DPS - as compared to Lakota. All I did was go to the State BOE web site and retrieve the numbers, percentages, and costs per pupil as presented by the State. Fact is, at the time I was more interested in looking at the other urban areas (rather than Lakota) but just included Lakota since Scott had also looked at it.By David
May 31, 2007 8:33 AM | Link to this
Noone addressed the Goff fiasco in the article. The City Day’s keeping of Goff and firing someone as the current victim for improper actions during current testing doesn’t address the practice test made out by a contract employee hired by Goff. They have avoided that blame on Goff completely. The consultant made out a test for practice that probably was copied from an actual test to be given; the source could have been a test packet on site that was opened before the state-specified “day of the testing” or could have been from another school which had tests on hand and copies were made. Some schools test during different weeks for various reasons such as vacations. Copies could be obtained by someone with connections and people willing to violate the rules. Goff should go and the consultant seems to risk but may not hold certification to be revoked.By Board Employee
May 31, 2007 4:46 AM | Link to this
Stivers Alumni: Everyone could probably say they were treated a certain way because they were (you name it) a woman, man, fat, skinny, black, white, etc. maybe that was the case and maybe it wasn’t. I hope you don’t go through life thinking like that.By stivers alumni
May 30, 2007 11:06 PM | Link to this
How can you say this is not a black and white issue? I am a graduate of Stivers school for the arts, and Ohio University. During my time in the district I always felt i got less because I was white, not from my teachers, but from the district. Programs were aimed towards the black kids. Scholarships, were for the black kids. I had to develop my talent and my brain to get my own scholarship from a university. Thank God for Stivers being able to help me do that. I was absolutely heartbroken today when i heard about the cuts at stivers. Why would Dr. Percy Mack take the one shining point of the Dayton Public Schools and turn it into just another rundown highschool? Why weren’t cuts based on academics? Stivers produces more academically sound kids than the other DPS highschools, so why didn’t they get to keep their programs that help them do this? SO insted of having anything stand out… lets have all less than mediocre high schools in the DPS district. Without the arts and the sports that stivers students excel at… the students we want in the district will leave as well as the amazing teachers that teach there. Maybe some of those cuts should be reconsidered and someone should look at the academic data with kids at stivers compared to the other high schools. We are a school of academic excellence, and i fear that will be lost. Good job school board…By Mary
May 30, 2007 8:55 PM | Link to this
“Mary’s A Loon”, why do assume the people of Mongolia have no arts or sports? People of most countries have sports and art, but only in America,it seems, do some people expect significant educational entitlements for athletic pursuits. Meanwhile, real educational priorities are underfunded. Apparently, from other comments I am reading regarding the cuts on a later blog, others share my concerns. Seems your name-calling reflects some insecurities. Perhaps, you realize you are on shaky terms regarding the subject. Perhaps you’re a coach or a “student athlete” or parent “entitled” to an “athletic scholarhip” for their child.By deb
May 30, 2007 8:11 PM | Link to this
Hey Shaq - thank you for reminding us about how we got here in the first place. I agree - I think Dr Mack has done a great job given where he had to start from. I hope he stays around to see this district thru this. You couldn’t pay me enough money to do his job or be an administrator in the buildings - they have thankless jobs and yet work very hard.By Board Employee
May 30, 2007 7:23 PM | Link to this
To Buford, did you factor in the amount of Special Education students Lakota has compared to DPS? There are significant costs associated with Special Education that DPS has to deal with that Lakota doesn’t —either you didn’t thoroughly read Scott’s article that compared the 2 districts or you chose to conveniently leave that out. Again, I’m appalled by the ignorance and racism displayed on this blog.By MARY'S A LOON
May 30, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this
Okay, Mary, we get it. Sports bad, Mary’s narrow vision of education good. Find another soapbox and climb up on that for awhile so that your constant blather of about the evils of “edutainment” stops. Maybe you should move to Mongolia so that you can get away from anything sports or arts related. But for goodness sake, just stop. You are not adding anything constructive to the argument, just the constant thudding of you beating a dead horse over and over again.By Buford
May 30, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this
Steelerhawk: Yes, Dayton is actually the highest cost per child of any urban school district I checked on the State BOE web site. I made an extensive comparison of the urban/city school systems in Canton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Lakota and posted the results on this blog on 1 May - in response to a 29 Apr article/post from Scott entitled “Dayton vs Lakota, what we learned.” A synopsis is: Canton had 10,688 students at a cost of $10,249 per student; Cincinnati had 35,382 students and costs of $11,973 each; Columbus had 57,827 students at $11,919 each; Dayton had 16,348 students at $13,645 each; Toledo had 29,157 students at $11,201 each; and Lakota (an Excellent school district) had 16,402 students at a cost of $8,049 each.By lou
May 30, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this
Busing destroyed the entire city, not just the whites. Busing is over. Dayton needs to go back to neighborhood schools. Get rid of central registration and the student assignment office. Kids should beable to go to the school and register. How many jobs would that get rid of from central office. More counselors and administrators in the building would be more cost effective. Mary, they are not busing black kids to athletic events, they are busing the athletes. white or black. Mary, I have a nephew who is an AP student (trig, english, chem, all of them) and he told me that the only reason school is fun is football. Maybe not the right reason, but in the long run he is benifiting from the team sport. He will go to college on his academics, but isn’t it nice that he is allowed to be a kid and have fun before life is work, bills, and family. Get off the sports. If the child is taught correctly and has their priorities staight, the child has a fun reason to do the right thing. In youth sports I think the parents are the ones with the problem and the mixed up priorities. My son is in youth sports and I hear the parents push the kids, like a 6 year old is going to be drafted. Mary, we just don’t let kids be kids anymore. For most, High school is the last time they will play an organized sport, let them play.By Rachel
May 30, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this
Well, the cuts have been made. I go to Stivers, and little by little throughout the day we have been getting word of cuts to our teachers. Choir? Gone. The director of the choir department was released. Creative Writing? Same thing. I’ve heard rumors that the dance director was let go also. How are we supposed to be a school for the arts if there are no stable arts programs? We expected a few adjuncts to be cut, sports, etc, but never that any heads of departments would be fired! The effect on our school will be dramatic, that’s all I can say. :(By Shaq
May 30, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this
Remember that Percy Mack came here to fix a major problems by our former Administrator’s(Smith & Williams). He he has done a great job with in the short time that he has been in office, yet he is just doing what need to be done. The cuts will affect the Dayton community overall with over 500 people losing positions. Being in a Management position of a very large urban school district is not easy by any means. He understands that families will be affected on both side of the spectrum. Firing him will not fix the problem as some had inquired…It will cost more to find someone else and bring them up to standard. Now the Middle school athletic’s if they are cut, I see a great problem with that. If you don’t have extra-activites for our young people, they will just hang out and trust me, it will get worse with-in our community(i.e Crime on the up rise!!) before it get any better. It’s is not a black and white issue, it is a ethical and moral one of what are young people will have to endure with large classroom numbers, shortage of teacher..actually the only way I can see DPS getting out of this situation is for the “State Of Ohio” to take over DPS. I am a product of DPS and had great teachers and coaches in my younger years as a student that cared about our success. I have my BS and Master’s Degree and DPS Mentors encouraged me to pursue my education beyond HS. I wish them the best of luck and God speed, because this is going to effect all of us as a whole.By fed up
May 30, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this
I can’t remeber the exact number, but I remember the DPS running an ad or saying that they had over a 80 or 90% graduation rate. If you look into, that is only the percentage of the kids that stay in school until the 12th grade and does nont include all of the ones who dropped out before then. Plus, the grades, bussing, everything.By Skeptic
May 30, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this
I find the “anti-administration” crowd to be very interesting. It seems that you want fewer administrators to be paid less money to do a better job managing the budget. That doesn’t add up!By steelerhawk
May 30, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this
I forget the exact numbers, but doesn’t Dayton already have one of the highest spends per child of any system in the State. DPS also has one of the highest number of administrators. Cuts need to come from the parts of the budget that don’t directly benfit students…administrators being the number one target.By deb
May 30, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this
Here’s my question - Would DPS have asked for the 15+mil levy if the State of Ohio had paid the District(& the other urban districts) the agreed upon $15 million before the State backed out of it last summer?By Mary
May 30, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this
Perhaps, it reflects some of my own insensitivity, but I did not look upon Daniel’s comments as simply rascist. However, I think busing was as much a “white” solution as a black “solution” to social problems. I think Daniel is probably right that busing might have wasted a lot of money, and also did not solve social problems, and might have created more problems and hardships for black and white in the end. Not in the current discussion of today’s articles, Dayton Public Schools will probably be busing mostly black football players and other athletes to other schools, probably also mostly black, for after school and weekend sporting events, but will not be busing students to classes. I think that is equally wrong and dumb. So we will be selling potential diabetic and heart attack victims soda pop, hot dogs, hamburgers and other “healthy” concessions to recoup some of the costs. I doubt that will work either and is also dumb. We are still creating victims through the education system. Perhaps someone should be suing the school system for their diabetes, heart disease, and illiteracy. In fact, I think some probably have already somewhere. As a taxpayer, parent and citizen, I would like to be able to afford to sue the education system and its leaders, including legislative, for fraudulent use of tax dollars on entertainment versus education. We are subsidizing football and coaches over foreign languages, gifted ed, teachers, and class sizes.By Eve
May 30, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this
Scott, I don’t think there ever was a debate here about whether or not racism exists in Dayton. The Daniels of the world are an unfortunate and ugly reality. The problem many of us had was the DDN’s implication that racism was a major factor in the levy’s defeat. Truth is, Daniel was probably too busy ranting to put down his banjo and go vote, that is, if he’s ever bothered to register in the first place. Whether I agree with your conclusions or not, I do want to thank you for your diligence in reporting these developments in a timely fashion. I for one very much appreciate not having to wait for the next paper delivery or scheduled newscast.By TB
May 30, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this
I cannot believe that there are people who do not believe that racisim still exists. True, this is not the 1920’s or even the 1960’s, but for those disbelievers, I think it is quite evident from Daniel’s post that racisism is alive and well, especially in Dayton.By Buford
May 30, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this
When Henry Ford began building the Model “T” on an assembly line, a comment was attributed to him, i.e. “You can have any color you like - as long as it is black.” For my several decades in Dayton, the DPS has seemingly functioned like that first assembly line at Ford. They put out a “product”, built as they wanted, and the public could take it/like it or not. But, regardless, the public still had to “pay” for the product (through property taxes). Recently, competition has entered the arena, beyond the parochial schools already in place and functioning. Now there is choice (vouchers, charter schools, and an increase in home schooling). From what I read, some charter schools are performing okay, some are not. Rational thought would be that those schools not measuring up to State standards, face loss of support, loss of students, and will close their doors eventually. In meantime, voter awareness has increased and many have decided not to support any DPS levy tied to property taxes. More voters also question the wide disparity in student educational cost, between various urban school districts - with Dayton costing substantially more than the others. The failed DPS levy put the school boards, school leaders, local elected officials, and elected officials at State Government level on notice it is long past time to fix the school funding issue in Ohio - and get it off the property owners. It seems that there has been an invigorated interst in doing just that since 8 May. I hope that momentum continues, for I don’t believe another attempted DPS levy in November (based on property taxes) would do any better at the polls than the one just past.By RoadRager
May 30, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this
Daniel, you are truly a MORON! Let me guess… You reside somewhere in the area of the 1600 block of East 5th St? Right?.. I bet your Mom is real proud.By null
May 30, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
If the truth be known, none of this needed to happen. As a former employee money problems just didn’t happen in the last two to three years, it has been going on for a much longer time. I understood the rationale as to why board members did not want to go after a levy every 3 -5 years, but looking back this is exactly what they should have done. Now it is going to be an uphill battle to get a levy passed and the district as a whole suffers. Lives will be changed and some DPS employees may never recover. I hope the district has learned from their mistakes. Besides teacher cuts, those out in the field everyday, the downtown administration needs to look at their own and make the cuts and quit protecting those individuals that do very little. Cutting all assistant principals is a mistake. Let them travel to two buildings and divide the work load. This has been done in the past. By doing this you will avoid problems that are sure to occur. I am also a firm believer that there should not be any sport programs unless the students pay to play. Times are difficult and why should the teachers and all other personnel take the brunt of everything. Most importantly the system will be loosing a great number of young teachers and they will not be returning. This is truly a sad time for DPS.By Scott Elliott
May 30, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this
It was a tough call not to censor Daniel’s message. I approved it because it contained no actual slurs and I thought it would be instructive given the recent debate here about whether racism exists in Dayton.By David
May 30, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this
To those who say the state needs to pay more of the cost of the City schools: they already pay what they pay everyone else per the formula. The state is paying a great percentage of the new buildings cost—that should be a cost to the local tax-payers/property owners rather than a state-funded benefit that many other school disticts don’t get. Dayton’s administration should be pruned and their pay cut along with benefits. They haven’t gone for smaller levies through the years as money was needed. That would have avoided asked for what seems like a huge chunk at one once, 15 mills-get real. The discipline still has caused the school’s perception and effectiveness to be in the basement. The whole administration needs to be replaced with some administrators and board members who know what they’re doing; are you ready for state control? Instead of picking administration based on race, there needs to be someone with knowledge and skill at the top of the administation and each of the buildings. It has grown wearing that the city always wants someone else’s money to do what they should do. Keeping sports is a joke; it shows the real problem with the administration’s thinking. They’ll pay for themselves??? While the State of Ohio is spending a million of our/my money on Welcome Stadium instead of the district spending money to maintain and upgrade?By Craig
May 30, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this
“daniel” banj0dan@ameritech.net the fact that you are clearly a racist and choose to bring race into a situation that is about the (lack of)education of innocent children who don’t have the same opportunities as maybe you have had is just about as pathetic as you are. But you are entitled to your opinion however hateful and miguided as it may be. May the Lord bless you with wisdom and remove hatred and racist thoughts from your soul.By JD
May 30, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this
So, now we have at least a slight insight into the who, what, where, when of school cuts and closures. I would like to know the following: How much does Percy Mack make and how does it compare to other school districts of similar size? Also, how many people (i.e. “paperpushers”) does DPS have who don’ts actually work in the schools and how does that compare to other districts? Let’s start cutting the people who do absolutely NOTHING instead of those actually, how did the summit schedule put it, “in the trenches”. Scott, how baout finding out some of these numbers for us?By MAD
May 30, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this
If the parents of Dayton get off there a** and VOTE instead of all the old people who have no kids in Dayton schools maybe our children might have a chance for a better life and might be able to get out of Dayton..By Another DPS Teacher
May 30, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this
Daniel, not only do black children take public transportation to school, but also many white children. These cuts will hurt a little bit of everyone, regardless of color and ethnicity. This is not a black and white issue, although it has made into one. The levy didn’t pass because people, no matter what color their skin or nationality, couldn’t afford it. Plain and simple.By Not a racist
May 30, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this
Wow daniel. I see racism is still alive. That was the most unnecessary comment that I have witnessed. I thought the blogs on the message board needed approval before they were actually posted. I am highly offended. I know there is still scum of the earth out there, but I cannot believe the administrator allowed this post to post!By TB
May 30, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this
Yessa Massa Daniel. We’ll kindly return your money once we get our 40 acres and a mule. Since you seem to think you’re so superior, you misspelled ‘waisted’ it’s ‘wasted’ Mr. smarty pants.By Scott Elliott
May 30, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this
Sorry for the typo. That’s the thing about blogs — they don’t get edited but you get your news fast!By daniel
May 30, 2007 7:45 AM | Link to this
since the blacks had to have busing the schools have gone downhill and all the money waisted on busingshould have been used on schools so let the blacks and naacp pay the difference>they say the whites owe them for slavery so i say they owe us the money from busing !!!By null
May 30, 2007 7:31 AM | Link to this
Fire Percy Mack!!!!!!That would be a Great Start!!!!!!By DCCC
May 30, 2007 7:11 AM | Link to this
I couldn’t help but notice no mention of pay and benefit reductions for admin staff. Seems to me that would be the first thing cut as most of those if DPS was really concerned about “the childrennn”.By laura
May 30, 2007 6:32 AM | Link to this
Well, many in the community said they wanted a bare bones educational system and it looks like they will get what they wanted. As the old adage goes: “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.”By daytondriver
May 30, 2007 5:33 AM | Link to this
“educaiton beat” c’mon Scott. Get an editor. You still do great work BTW.By Skeptic
May 30, 2007 1:49 AM | Link to this
Most of those ideas seem reasonable compromises, given the circumstances. I hope they include a pay freeze for top administrators. I think they should also close another school or two and consolidate their resources, if possible. This is all such a shame… shame on the leaders who created this mess and the voters who let the levy fail. Where is the OHIO legislature in all this?? Anyone at the state level who is not advocating for radical changes in state funding needs to go. P.S. Scott, you have a typo in the first line! You must’ve been tired tonight, but please keep up the great work.