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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Columbus schools OKs demolition of four buildings
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus City Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to demolish four vacant and blighted buildings that used to be schools. Three former middle schools – Monroe, Beery and Linmoor – and the former Beaumont Elementary will be torn down within the next four months. Columbus officer confronts school board after being denied access to school During a presentation at Tuesday's board meeting, current pictures were shown of the four buildings. There was obvious damage to them all, including flooding, leakage, mold and vandalism. 'It is really time, and this board and our community is ready to start taking action on our properties,' Columbus School Board Vice President Jennifer Adair said. Two of the buildings sit on the same sites as current Columbus school buildings, but the other two are on inactive sites and Adair said residents will get a say on the properties' futures. 'There will be community engagement around what happens to those. Those are assets. Those are our community's assets,' Adair said. Mayor: Village won't replace non-working tornado sirens 'We're in the very real working space of reimagining what our buildings look like, what type of curriculum will then align to those facilities in a way that provides the best resources possible for children,' Columbus School Board President Michael Cole said. These demolitions come as the Board of Education is in the middle of a realignment process. Board members voted to close five schools during a December 2024 meeting, and those closures will take effect by the 2026-2027 school year. It is still not known what is happening to the buildings and to the students who were slated to attend those schools. 'The board has well prioritized community insight and feedback on what this process should be, what it is that they'd like to see in their school buildings,' Cole said. Three fugitives arrested during U.S. Marshals operation in Columbus 'As we continue the realignment process, as President Cole outlined, there may be an opportunity or need to continue to talk about demolition, but also in conjunction with building,' Adair said. Board members said there will be an in-depth discussion about the latest on the realignment process during the June 3 board meeting. They urged community members interested in knowing more about the school closures and consolidations to attend in person or watch online. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
06-02-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
'Social engineering' must be driven out of CCS. Board president must go
'Social engineering' must be driven out of CCS. Board president must go | Letters We don't want socially-engineered schools The statement by Michael Cole about the response of the Columbus School Board to President Donald Trump's executive order ending federal subsidies to schools unless they dismantle the school diversity, equity and inclusion program provides a shocking insight as to why our school system is one of the very worst performing systems in the United States. Instead of promising to eliminate DEI, thus securing badly needed federal help, Cole defiantly announces continuing efforts to 'treat ourselves with the best decorum possible," and maintain a spirit 'that's all about the love and encouragement, acceptance, access for kids and the adults responsible for kids.' More: Hundreds gather at Ohio Statehouse as part of nationwide anti-Trump protests Apart from the fact that this statement is meaningless double talk, it's interesting he said not a word about improving the only thing the school board should be concerned with — the education of our children. The people of this country have spoken, and our schools have exalted social engineering over education. Cole and those on the board who agree with him should step aside and get out of the way. Thomas Dugan, Columbus You voted for this Well, whaddya know. Trump and his Ministers of Corruption are wreckin' the joint. Who needs Democratic principles? Ignore the Constitution. Elon Musk and his Department of Apartheid appear to be running the country. Trump's now just a figurehead for extreme right-wing, hate-based policies. Hurricanes and wildfires do the kind of damage that takes years, decades, to come back from — imagine how long it'll be before we recover from these thugs. Let's alienate our close allies and China with tariffs. Use bully-boy tactics to float a military takeover of Greenland, and Panama. Meanwhile, unelected tech billionaires gut federal agencies (which largely keep things running smoothly). Horribly unqualified cabinet picks are rammed through Congress with threats of primary challenges to any Republican who votes what's left of their conscience. Confusion, chaos and lack of empathy are demonstrated at every turn (immigration, humanitarian aid, federal grants to U.S. social agencies). Celebrate and pardon the felons who trashed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Fire anyone who believes in a level playing field regardless of wealth, ethnicity, disability sexual orientation, etc. Trump and his allies are in Full Gloat — throwing everything decent on the fire. Who suffers when prices go up? Who's going to suffer when medical research goes unfunded? Who cares if our current administration is behaving shamefully? The super-rich will get big tax breaks! Join the party! Bring gasoline (if you can afford it). And by all means, put the blame where it belongs: you voted for this. Candy Canzoneri, Westerville Musk is hacking the government Elon Musk seized our data along with the keys to the Treasury. It was a cheap buy for him. Spend a little money to elect President Donald Trump. Move in with the old man and take charge of the checking a household level, we would call this elder abuse. On a national scale, we are all screwed.A minority of the people in this country has turned over our government to the highest will you do now, Republicans?We need a cure because we failed at I. Martin, Jackson
