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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
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Cincinnati Public Schools' board to discuss budget cuts amid $50 million budget gap
Cincinnati Public Schools will discuss budget cuts for the upcoming fiscal year at a board of education meeting on the evening of June 2. The Board Business Meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Mary A. Ronan Education Center at 2651 Burnet Ave. According to the meeting agenda, the board will discuss the fiscal year 2026 budget and vote. However, which cuts the board will vote on is unclear. The school district said it anticipates a budget gap of more than $50 million between the current fiscal year and the upcoming one. This gap is due to the amount of money the district will likely receive from government funding in the upcoming year, it said. COVID-19 pandemic funds for the district have dried up and the Ohio legislature's draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows a drop in funding to public schools, the district said. A district spokesperson said the budget gap is not due to the district overspending. More: Olympian Mary Wineberg will not seek reelection to Cincinnati Public Schools' board At recent Cincinnati Public School board meetings, district parents and community members expressed concern about some of the suggested budget cuts. This includes a decrease in paraprofessionals at the district's Montessori schools and cuts to social workers. As part of the budget cuts, the board voted at the May 19 meeting to terminate the district's contract with the Cincinnati Health Department to supply school nurses. The district will instead hire health professionals as Cincinnati Public Schools employees. Cincinnati Public Schools' fiscal year begins July 1. However, the district's budget may be finalized after this date if the state budget, which gives funding to Ohio's public schools, is finalized close to its deadline. The state budget must be signed by Gov. Mike Dewine by June 30 so it can take effect on July 1. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Public Schools board to discuss budget cuts Monday
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Billionaires, and bought-and-paid-for politicians ready to raid Ohio schools
As a parent of two young children who will be attending Columbus City Schools in a few years, I am absolutely disgusted by what I'm seeing from the Statehouse and the White House. Every child in this state and this country deserves a quality education, but instead, Gov. Mike Dewine wants to slash the Columbus City Schools budget, and Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are talking about eliminating the Department of Education so they can hand trillions of dollars in tax cuts to their campaign donors. These cuts will mean that schools close, kids go hungry and teachers get laid off. How many private jets and yachts do these billionaires need? I don't care who you voted for, or whether you voted at all, but can we all agree that destroying public schools and holding our students' futures hostage is downright vile? These billionaires and their bought-and-paid-for politicians are raiding our schools, health care and social security to enrich themselves. To paraphrase the late comedian, George Carlin, 'It's a big club and we ain't in it'. The decision of whether or not to fund public education does not belong to Elon Musk or the president. It belongs to the American people. And frankly, we need to start acting like it! We need to flood the Statehouse, testify in committees, blow up their inboxes and phone lines, get in the faces of our congresspeople and do whatever needs to be done to secure our children's futures. Stuart McIntyre, Columbus This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Our kids must be saved from billionaires, bought politicians | Letter
