This week in education cuts

This weeks public education budget cuts and issues from around the state

Sunday May 29th, 2011

• Westlake School Board Considering Levy In 2012
• Winton Woods Teachers Agree To Pay Freeze

Monday May 30th, 2011

• Board considers pay-to-play fee structure for middle schools

Tuesday May 31st, 2011

• No reported news today

Wednesday June 1st, 2011

• Beavercreek Schools walking slippery slope
• Ohio Senate budget restores some aid to schools
• Columbus schools end free AP tests

Thursday June 2nd, 2011

• Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District budget reduction proposal prompts June 2 meeting
• Group asks Sen. Stewart to oppose budget cuts
• Zanesville school board makes final job cuts
• Garaway prepares budget cutbacks

Friday June 3rd, 2011

• Ohio school funding: How much is planned for your district?
• BEAVERCREEK HAS 'TREACHEROUS ROAD AHEAD' IN SCHOOL BUDGET
• Ohio Budget Woes Center of Bellaire Meeting
  
• Westlake school operating levy is possible in ’12
• Middletown teachers taking a pay cut

This week in education cuts

All the school funding and budget cut news as reported from around the state this week.

Saturday 23rd, 2011

• Cincinnati schools consider cutting 200-plus jobs
• Cincinnati schools facing $65M budget gap might cut more than 150 teachers, 50 other workers

Sunday 24th, 2011

• Even JTF takes a break!

Monday 25th, 2011

• Avon Lake Schools feeling funding pinch
• Biggest school budget hits in Greater Cleveland are for districts that voted for Gov. John Kasich
• Chillicothe schools to work on budget
• Trying to sort out Ohio schools budget
• An appeal to lawmakers
• Ontario school district voters need to 'pay it forward'

Tuesday 26th, 2011

• Northwest Schools Will Cut 51 Jobs
• Lakota increases fees for sports, other activities
• School board treasurer says cuts in state, federal funding total $650,000
• School districts with tax issues on May 3 ballot also face cuts in state funding
• GOP lawmakers eye tweaks to Kasich's education budget
• State funding will determine the percentage of school's levy in November
• Chillicothe school board OKs $1.55 million in cuts
• Vote for the Marietta levy and protect teacher rights
• Green Local Schools facing “academic Armageddon”
• Canal Winchester Schools Want Voters To Renew Operating Levy
  

Wednesday 27th, 2011

• Opposition to Kasich's budget urged
• Report: OH preschool funding plummeted
• Mayfield Schools to lose over $1 million in state aid
• Senate Bill 5 spells potential disaster for Ohio schools, teachers say
• Renewal of operating levy critical for Loudonville-Perrysville schools
• Endorsement: Issue 4 is crucial to schools' future

Thursday 28th, 2011

• Woodridge starts laying off staff
• School officials worried about tax funding loss
• Brecksville-Broadview Heights Board of Education Puts Renewal Levy on August Ballot, Approves Staff Reductions
• Districts best able to afford local taxes face biggest cuts
• Dayton closing kindergarten program Head Start; 93 staffers lose jobs
• Copley-Fairlawn board reviews impact of state budget cuts

Friday 29th, 2011

• Kettering teachers approve contract, major concessions
• Hilliard levy on the line
• Ohio House budget changes would give schools more money but take away savings
• Budget cuts means reduction in staff in Austintown Schools