Heads up about Open Enrollment Students! Each open enrollment student BRINGS $5,700 of funds with them to the district. The money follows the student. These students are probably bringing in MORE money than a Liberty resident student does to the district through the taxes paid by levies, especially if a levy has not been passed since 1995. The district can cherry pick students from Youngstown and take the ones who dont need extra services (special education).
Austintown School District GENERATES $570,000 in extra income per 100 open enrollment students. This is how we stay in the black without having to go back to the voters for a NEW levy. Our last new levy was in 1996.
Liberty residents, get educated and demand more form your BoE and district.
My question to the State of Ohio is: How can one person (not a BoE) sign for a $100,00 loan that the district is on the hook to pay? Per Vindy article, the treasurer signed on for a loan that was supposed to be used to upgrade buildings to make them more energy efficient and then used that money to keep up the appearance that the state was reimbursing the district for expenses related to the Lead & Learn school. That policy needs to change if it is what really happened.
Isn't this just a boondoggle to "pay" charter schools to take special needs students? Public schools (tax payers) are OBLIGATED to provide a free and appropriate education to all students. So if it cost more money to provide for a special needs student in the district it is tough cookies for that district.
Charter & private schools do not take special needs students because those children don't generate revenue under profit model that these corporations operate. Charter schools are for profit entities. It is about the all mighty dollar, not the education.
Isn't that "nice" for the Repubs to provide some profit incentive to charter schools to educate special needs students!
Santorum is the same clown who would call Social Security an "entitlement program " while squealing for ANY cuts to military spending.
My spouse and I have been paying into SS since we were 19 yrs old and I don't believe anything I am forced to participate in can be called an "entitlement program".
Just for fun, google spreading santorum and keep this website in the top five choices when santorum's name is googled!
Ohio needs a nonpartisan redistricting panel to draw these districts every ten years. The reason we have so much political gridlock in Washington is because there are too many "safe" districts. The political parties try to strengthen their advantages in each district and this causes the elections to be noncompetitive.
A "safe" district causes the politician running in that district to have to appeal to the most highly partisan ideas of the polital party. We end up sending the most idiological politicians to Washington & State governments because they have to be partisan in order to get elected in those districts.
Make all the districts competative ans send the politicians who can appeal to the middle of the electorate. This political gridlock is not helping anyone.
Call the Dog Warden & your local ward councilman. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Complain to everyone in city government until this is resolved & buy some pepper spray. One good shot of that will send the dog back off your porch.
This legislation was another union busting piece of crap brought to you by GW Bush & his cronies the last time the Republicans had control of congress. You dont have to believe me, read it for yourself
Have all medical issues been ruled out? I saw a case on Mystery Diagnosis where the child had an inherited condition where there was no "full" signal from the stomach & the child had an incredible appetite. He was actually dumpster diving for food when he was out of the house. Once diagnosed he had to receive counseling & parents have to keep food under lock & key.
Typical Republican tactic to play up ties with rural right leaning voters over urban Democratic voters. Rural land owners looking for some cash can be shortsighted BUT we all pay the price for pollution.
Best pay attention in the 2012 elections or we are going to turn our air water & earth over to the corporate raiders. They dont care cuz they can wreak havoc on an area & move on to their gated communities surrounded by an oasis of purity while the rest of us deal with the consequences.
What has Liberty ‘Learn’ed?
Heads up about Open Enrollment Students!
Each open enrollment student BRINGS $5,700 of funds with them to the district. The money follows the student. These students are probably bringing in MORE money than a Liberty resident student does to the district through the taxes paid by levies, especially if a levy has not been passed since 1995. The district can cherry pick students from Youngstown and take the ones who dont need extra services (special education).
Austintown School District GENERATES $570,000 in extra income per 100 open enrollment students. This is how we stay in the black without having to go back to the voters for a NEW levy. Our last new levy was in 1996.
Liberty residents, get educated and demand more form your BoE and district.
My question to the State of Ohio is: How can one person (not a BoE) sign for a $100,00 loan that the district is on the hook to pay? Per Vindy article, the treasurer signed on for a loan that was supposed to be used to upgrade buildings to make them more energy efficient and then used that money to keep up the appearance that the state was reimbursing the district for expenses related to the Lead & Learn school. That policy needs to change if it is what really happened.
February 1, 2012 at 11:48 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Advocates tout new Ohio special-needs scholarship
Isn't this just a boondoggle to "pay" charter schools to take special needs students? Public schools (tax payers) are OBLIGATED to provide a free and appropriate education to all students. So if it cost more money to provide for a special needs student in the district it is tough cookies for that district.
Charter & private schools do not take special needs students because those children don't generate revenue under profit model that these corporations operate. Charter schools are for profit entities. It is about the all mighty dollar, not the education.
Isn't that "nice" for the Repubs to provide some profit incentive to charter schools to educate special needs students!
January 23, 2012 at 7:37 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Name change for Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport?
SO how much is it going to cost to change the name? It would help to know the specifics. Is it a few thousand dollars or $20,000?
January 19, 2012 at 9:39 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Santorum: Trim Social Security now even if painful
Santorum is the same clown who would call Social Security an "entitlement program " while squealing for ANY cuts to military spending.
My spouse and I have been paying into SS since we were 19 yrs old and I don't believe anything I am forced to participate in can be called an "entitlement program".
Just for fun, google spreading santorum and keep this website in the top five choices when santorum's name is googled!
January 7, 2012 at 4:31 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Dems sue Kasich over new district boundaries
Ohio needs a nonpartisan redistricting panel to draw these districts every ten years. The reason we have so much political gridlock in Washington is because there are too many "safe" districts. The political parties try to strengthen their advantages in each district and this causes the elections to be noncompetitive.
A "safe" district causes the politician running in that district to have to appeal to the most highly partisan ideas of the polital party. We end up sending the most idiological politicians to Washington & State governments because they have to be partisan in order to get elected in those districts.
Make all the districts competative ans send the politicians who can appeal to the middle of the electorate. This political gridlock is not helping anyone.
January 5, 2012 at 12:13 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Dog days in Struthers
Call the Dog Warden & your local ward councilman. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Complain to everyone in city government until this is resolved & buy some pepper spray. One good shot of that will send the dog back off your porch.
December 26, 2011 at 3:16 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Youngstown postal center to close in March
This legislation was another union busting piece of crap brought to you by GW Bush & his cronies the last time the Republicans had control of congress. You dont have to believe me, read it for yourself
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill....
December 5, 2011 at 4:25 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Ohio puts obese Cleveland child in foster care
Have all medical issues been ruled out? I saw a case on Mystery Diagnosis where the child had an inherited condition where there was no "full" signal from the stomach & the child had an incredible appetite. He was actually dumpster diving for food when he was out of the house. Once diagnosed he had to receive counseling & parents have to keep food under lock & key.
November 27, 2011 at 9:21 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Ohio treasurer calls on Brown to support fracking
Typical Republican tactic to play up ties with rural right leaning voters over urban Democratic voters. Rural land owners looking for some cash can be shortsighted BUT we all pay the price for pollution.
Best pay attention in the 2012 elections or we are going to turn our air water & earth over to the corporate raiders. They dont care cuz they can wreak havoc on an area & move on to their gated communities surrounded by an oasis of purity while the rest of us deal with the consequences.
November 18, 2011 at 11:31 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Bill would require Ohio lawmakers be drug-tested
You Rock Bobby Hagan!
"What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander"!
October 14, 2011 at 4:03 p.m. permalink suggest removal