Superintendents from nearly 40 school districts, career centers and educational service centers spanning more than 10 counties in Ohio have formed the Northwest/West Central Ohio Public School Advocacy Network to advocate for positive changes in public education.
Locally, superintendents from Indian Lake, Ridgemont, Hardin Northern, Riverdale, Kenton City and Waynesfield-Goshen school districts are part of the network, which grew from concerns regarding a loss of local control in public education.
The first initiative of the advocacy group is to conduct a survey, which is available online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/8F5K2W8.
The goal of the survey is to find out respondents’ perception of their school districts, where they believe decisions about public schools should be made, and to measure the general knowledge about public schools, decision-making and how public tax dollars are spent.
The network of superintendents will gather later in the spring to analyze the survey results. The results will help guide the group toward future communications and advocacy initiatives.
Members stress that they hope to work with legislators to better public education in Ohio, including addressing school funding inadequacies and other issues facing the state for many years.