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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio law does not allow public funds to be used in support or opposition of a tax levy or bond issue and that’s where the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District recently ran afoul of State Auditor Keith Faber. Faber claims the school district illegally spent taxpayer dollars on a public opinion survey in the fall of 2019 because the poll was used to . ....
Reply The Heights schools misused public money to fund research into a school levy, the Auditor of State reported. (Chris Mosby/Patch) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Schools illegally used nearly $35,000 in public money to fund polling on an upcoming school levy, the state auditor reported this week. Auditor of State Keith Faber released a 2020 financial audit of the Heights schools with a finding for recovery totaling $34,675, arguing the district improperly used public money to fund polling on an upcoming levy. The law is clear about using public funds on campaign activities like polling, Faber said. School districts must be extremely careful in using electioneering techniques paid for by taxpayers. In this case where the polling was clearly directed at levy voters and sought information regarding the upcoming levy, it was illegal and the district should know better. ....
Akron Public Schools chief academic officer dislikes words like achievement gap and at-risk students. Ellen McWilliams-Woods, who also serves as the district s assistant superintendent, believes those terms discourage students and imply they are broken and must be saved by predominantly white teachers. “Our students aren’t broken, she said. They’re absolutely brilliant. …Our students have the greatest perseverance, the greatest creative thinking skills, problem-solving skills. Their dedication to their own education is the strongest every single day, but we’ve got to be able to create those environments to let that absolutely flourish so that their own culture can be in the front of everything that they’re doing.” ....
Reply Heights Schools teachers got their first shot of COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. (Shutterstock) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH Nearly 640 teachers and staff from the Heights Schools received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, the district announced. Teachers and staff received the vaccine during a clinic at the Education Service Center of Northeast Ohio. Pharmacists from Giant Eagle administered the vaccine. I am thankful that CH-UH employees have been given the opportunity to receive their vaccines. The process today went smoothly thanks to the hard work of the Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio and the medical professionals who provided excellent service and care for our staff, Superintendent Elizabeth Kirby told Patch in an emailed statement. ....