Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb last week released the results of a “listening tour” on education in the city, calling it the beginning of an ambitious plan to solve long-time, entrenched issues facing the city's students, educators and families.
Education hasn’t been widely discussed during recent candidate forums for Cuyahoga County executive candidates, but the county does play a significant role in funding and running some programs around education, workforce development and pre-kindergarten learning. The two executive candidates give their thoughts on education policy.
The race is on for Say Yes Cleveland to find enough money to plug a $4 million-plus gap left after Cuyahoga County Council cut funding for the family support specialist program that Say Yes provides.
Cuyahoga County Council voted Tuesday evening to appropriate $4.9 million to fund family support specialists for the Say Yes Cleveland program. That's an almost 50% reduction in what the county had initially budgeted to pay for the program, now in its fourth year.