Charter school update, High school students honored, and more

Last night's meeting began on a positive note as students from Rossford, Perrysburg, Anthony Wayne, Springfield, Whitmer, Clay, Northview, Southview, Ottawa Hills and Maumee were honored for outstanding work in English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language, the Arts and Extra-Curricular Activities. This awards ceremony is a quarterly affair - also honored are a "Recognition Family of the Month" for a family involved with LCESC, such as the parents of a preschooler at the ALCC, and the "Job Well Done" goes to an LCESC employee who has performed exceptionally well. Sadly, the bad weather kept the attendance down, but the event was celebratory nonetheless.

Accountability and transparency are very important to establishing trust in government, and last night at the LCESC meeting both were present in relationship to our work with charter schools. Four charter schools under our jurisdiction will be put on probationary status for failure to maintain financial obligations: two of the schools are located out of this area (Dayton and Xenia's Summit Academies) and two are here in-county: Horizon Academy and Horizon Math and Science/Springfield. The board will continue to follow the progress of these schools.

Other business was taken care of quickly, due to the inclement weather. The treasurer's statements were approved and the minutes from the last meeting as well. The next meeting will again be at the ALCC on Wrenwood in order to honor another outstanding group of students prior to the board meeting - the date will be Tuesday, March 11th at 5:30 PM... feel free to drop by!