This decision should not come as a surprise since only modest changes have taken place. Action on this case began in December of 1991. Then in March of 1997, the State Supreme Court upheld the judge s original decision. Meanwhile, the Ohio Legislature and Governor have been seen wringing their collective hands and lamenting the situation. Some new money has been pumped into the school systems, but this does not change the fact that the entire approach is wrong.
Schools continue to be held hostage by their varied local situations.
It is about the only place where the public can express their frustrations toward all of government. Now, the state leadership and legislature are declared guilty, again. It is time for them to lay politics aside and fix our funding system. If they don t, we should respond by putting them all out of office. While we sit at bargaining with only a little bit of news, there is certainly plenty around us.