Re-gaining Control of Our Public Schools

Add Todd Schmutz to the growing list of Ohio superintendents who are sharing with their communities how the education reform movement is impacting their schools and communities.  Superintendent of the Pandora-Gilboa Local Schools, Todd wrote in his district’s February newsletter and posted on his school district website that he “understands the need for public schools to be held accountable; however these increasing accountability measures are interfering with the actual instruction of our students.  Accountability of public schools has shifted from local oversight to state control.”  He said he believes our communities need to begin discussing how we re-gain control of our public schools.