Cleveland Heights mother hopes proposed state school funding plan will help Ohio students
Local mom hopes school funding plan will help Ohio students
and last updated 2021-06-17 23:10:51-04
CLEVELAND â Some local parents are keeping close watch on Ohio s Fair School Funding Plan, which is under debate by the Ohio House and Senate in Columbus.
Joan Spoerl is a Cleveland Heights mother who is concerned about the academic future of her 16-year-old son. Spoerl, who testified at the Statehouse on the plan, is concerned the Senate version of the plan is not enough of a funding increase to help students and reduce the tax burden on homeowners.
Instead of diverting millions to private schools, Ohio should fund public education fairly: Peter Robertson
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
Posted Feb 28, 2021
A row of school buses in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in April 2020. In a guest column today, Peter Robertson writes that public school districts in Ohio are wrongly losing tens of millions in state funding because of school voucher rules that divert state funding to private school tuition even if those students never attended public school and are more affluent than many of those remaining in the public schools. (AP Photo, Tony Dejak)AP
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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio Last fall, changes to the state’s EdChoice voucher program by Ohio’s legislature and governor helped make roughly half the state’s students eligible for private-school scholarships, the Fordham Institute estimated. EdChoice scholarship applications for the 2021-2022 school year will be available starting this Tuesday,
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The new year brings no board changes to the Vantage Career Center Board of Education, which met for the first time in 2021 on Thursday evening.
Lonnie Nedderman, Vantage Career Center Board of Education member representing Crestview Local Schools, is sworn in to a new term on Thursday.
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Six of Vantage’s 12 board members were sworn in for new three-year terms during Thursday’s organizational meeting. Pat Baumle, Wayne Trace; Dennis Recker, Antwerp; Greg von der Embse, Kalida; Lonnie Nedderman, Crestview; Tom Lyons, Parkway, and Brian Egnor, Paulding.
Baumle was re-elected as board president, while Nedderman will again serve as vice president. Egnor was appointed as the legislative liaison and von der Embse was chosen as student achievement liaison.
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Lincolnview teachers and support staff will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, February 5, and the follow-up vaccinations on Friday, March 5.
New Lincolnview Local Board of Education President Lori Snyder presides over Wednesday’s meeting.
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That was the word from Lincolnview Superintendent Jeff Snyder during Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting. He also said paperwork has been distributed to employees and he added it’s up to each individual to decide if they want the vaccine.
Teachers and staff members will learn more during a meeting scheduled for this Friday afternoon. Classes will dismiss two hours early that day.