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Take a look at the declining trends in enrollment and the skyrocketing cost of the administration in Lorain City Schools.  Administrators don’t teach kids, teachers teach kids.  When we had 2,200 more students the administration was costing us only $6.9 million.   Now it’s costing us $11.3 million with 2,200 less kids.  Shouldn’t the trend be parallel with the enrollment trends?  Do we need all those chiefs?  What exactly are they doing?  Cut the current administration to $6.9 million.  Administrators are the highest paid school personnel.  Most administrators are useless.  They do the least and cost the most.  Show good faith and do what’s right!  Always cut administration first, teachers dead last.

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Ohio Update

85% of all schools in the state of Ohio are deemed “effective” or higher by the Ohio Department of Education.  In 2008-2009 a total of 128 Districts and 680 schools in Ohio improved their designations.  State Report .  The Effective and higher schools are blue and green in the above map, the red and pink areas are the Academic Watch and Emergency areas.  A visual scan shows the districts in the state are meeting the state demands for performance.

Three positions are open in 2009.  Go to the Your School Board page for more information.  We have to send a clear message to cut the administration by half to meet the budgetary constraints.   They have accomplished reducing 2.8 million of the 7 million that needs to be reduced.  If the current school board won’t do it, we need to get people voted in who will.  Our kids are dead last academically.  We can’t suffer anymore as a community than we are now.  We need a massive change in the way things are done.  Our kids are at stake!  Don’t just rubber stamp the same people connected to the same corruption.  If you really care, prove it.

Lorain has a struggling school district with some dismal academic results based on the Ohio Department of Education’s Report Card.  With the largest outlay of any school district in the county for Administration ($13.8 Million) and the highest average teacher salary ($57,705), and the second highest in spending per student ($10,844),  this high spending isn’t yielding academic results.

As concerned citizens and parents we want to provide information not readily available to the community by the Board of Education, the Superintendent or the District on the whole.  More transparent leadership will allow voters and parents to make informed decisions regarding the school system.

Citizens4 Better Lorain Schools is a chance for parents and citizens to get involved in the school system.  We will make our voice heard and we will get the necessary information needed for the school system to work for us and to bring success to our kids.