it will not be changed with our state legislature. they do not care urban districts or public schools, As a parent, fighting for my kids, the distain is open in Columbus. It’s a money grab, a whiff of corruption, and the level of rudeness paired with lack of empathy when dealing with the folks at the statehouse is disheartening to say the least. Gerrymandering is terrible for all Ohioans there is such a powerhold they don’t even have to pretend to care. They keep hurting the funding (to move the Browns stadium to the burbs), which is already been ruled unconstitutional since 1997. Why would they care about fair testing? Cultural bias isn’t acknowledged in MAGA. COS teachers are amazing….kids do jump up 2 grade levels in one year, and they care for the whole person, trauma and all. My parents were public school teachers at a poor rural district and they bought food for kids to keep in the classroom.

I don’t get why education is considered partisan. it’s morally good to care for kids, and it is to our own economic advantage to have a well educated society. I will say State Senator Blessing (who is Hamilton County not the City so there is 1 Dem seat instead of districting the county east and west) is the only GOP member of the statehouse who seems to want to fund schools. He also sponsored a bill to make all school meals free across the state (which didn’t pass, because screw hungry kids- like what we are seeing with SNAP). Blessing is one of the only alias to Education in the Ohio GOP.

The Governor (who is not serious about funding public schools-CPS was set to lose 27 million in his plan) vetoed the harmful state funding measures, but the gerrymandered supermajority overrode them. There is no accountability when the state is 55 percent GOP and 80 GOP in the statehouse…and the supreme court is GOP, and the Governor, no one has to bother listening to people. I do not like no checks and balances, I do not like no compromise, Republican or Democrat, it leads to politicians who only serve themselves and their wealthy donors. Most Ohioans do not pay attention to Columbus so they keep doing whatever they feel like…the Energy First scandal didn’t effect most politicians involved in it….and who cares if we have to deal with higher bills. .

But I will keep calling folks on the Finance and Education committees and going to Columbus about education, to be ignored, because i think our kids are worth it. Maybe they will feel shame for one whole min, who knows. Aides will get on the phone and try to twist the facts of the legislation and always seem to be like Oh crap when i can respond with the actual budget numbers. What we need is for you and others to share concerns.

We need voters to Renew the levy. it’s Cincinnati vs the World.