After all, this is the same crew that has pumped more tax money into private and quasi-public education than any other state in the nation, all in the name of fixing public schools. Now lawmakers insist they are just making the state's community schools law more reflective of reality. Ohio Senate Republicans approved expanding the number of buildings a community school could operate under one contract. The change was needed, they said, because some operators are not able to find one building capable of holding the entire range of grades established in the contract. Unfortunately, when it comes to education reform, sense usually has little to do with what passes in the Statehouse.
Some people see the potential for franchising of the school contracts.
Unfortunately, it also left important details not only unresolved, but almost entirely unaddressed. As of last Tuesday, the final day of school, parents still had not received letters informing them about next year's enrollment policies. Principals had not received enrollment specifics. And teachers were unsure which subjects or grades they would teach this fall. A dearth of information this overwhelming is without recent precedent even in Cleveland, a system infamous for disarray.