Columbus City Schools plans to put a joint bond issue and 7.85-mill operating levy on the November 2008 ballot. This guide provides information on what the ballot issue would cost and what it would pay for, as well as a look at the district’s budget forecast, ongoing facilities program and recent trends in enrollment and academics.

ALSO AVAILABLE HERE: the Board of Education’s August 19 resolution to accelerate academic achievement with resources from the levy and bond issue.

Columbus City Schools plans to put a joint bond issue and 7.85-mill operating levy on the November 2008 ballot. This guide provides information on what the ballot issue would cost and what it would pay for, as well as a look at the district’s budget forecast, ongoing facilities program and recent trends in enrollment and academics.

ALSO AVAILABLE HERE: the Board of Education’s August 19 resolution to accelerate academic achievement with resources from the levy and bond issue.

The Ohio Department of Education provides a teacher information database at the following web address, http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/Power_Users.asp. Simply click ‘Begin’ at the bottom of the page. When the next page appears, look for the icon entitled ‘Teacher Data.’ The database includes information about average teacher salary, student-to-teacher-ratio, teacher attendance, teacher certification, years of teacher experience, teacher […]

Columbus City Schools is planning to place an operating levy on the November 2008 ballot. The district will face critical academic and financial decisions as it crafts a proposal…

According to this report by The Education Trust, “low-income students, Hispanic students and African-American students in the 50 largest school districts in Texas are less likely to be assigned to fully certified teachers, less likely to be assigned to experienced teachers, and less likely to attend a school with a stable teaching force …