Opposition to voucher expansion has doubled to more than 170

Only a month has passed since we last published the long list of local communities opposing the statewide expansion of vouchers contained in the Governor's budget. But in that short period of time, the number of school districts passing a resolution in opposition has now passed 170.

Here's the list.

Adena local	Lorain County ESC
Allen East Local	Lordstown Local
Anthony Wayne Local	Loudonville-Perrysville
Antwerp Local	Louisville City
Athens City	Lynchburg-Clay Local
Austintown Local	Madeira City
Barnesville EV	Mahoning County C&TC
Bath Local	Manchester Local
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek	Marietta City
Belmont-Harrison Vocational	Mathews Local
Belpre City	Miami County ESC
Berea City	Miamisburg City
Big Walnut Local	Millecreek West Unity
Bloom-Carroll Local	Milton-Union Local
Bloomfield-Mespo Local	Minford Local
Bluffton EV	Monroeville Local
Boardman Local	Morgan Local
Bridgeport	Muskingum Valley ESC
Bristol Local	National Trail Local
Brown Local	Nelsonville-York City
Brown County ESC	New Lexington City
Buckeye Local (Jefferson)	New Richmond
Caldwell EV	New Riegel
Campbell City	Newcomerstown EV
Chagrin Falls EV	Newbury Local
Chillicothe City	Noble Local
Chippewa Local	North Olmsted
Circleville City	Northern Local
Clay Local	Northmont City
Clinton-Massie Local	Northwest Local (Scioto
Clyde Green Springs	Northwestern Local
Columbiana County ESC	Northwood Local
Columbiana EV	Oak Hill Union Local
Coshocton City	Oak Hills Local
Coshocton County JVS	Oakwood City
Coventry	Oberlin Local
Crestline EV	Ohio Valley ESC
Crestview Local	Old Fort Local
Crooksville EV	Ottawa-Glandorf
Cuyahoga Falls	Parma City
Cuyahoga Heights	Put-in-Bay Local
Dublin City	Revere Local
East Guernsey Local	Ridgedale Local
East Liverpool City	Ripley Union Lewis Huntington
Eastern Local (Meigs)	River View Local
Eastern Local (Pike)	Ross Local
Fairbanks	Ross-Pike ESC
Fairborn City	St. Clairsville-Richland City
Fairfield Union	St. Marys City
Fayetteville-Perry Local	Sandusky City
Federal Hocking Local	Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
Felicity-Franklin Local	Shelby City
Findlay City	South Central Ohio ESC
Firelands Local	South Range Local
Fort Frye	Southeast Local (Portage)
Fort Loramie Local	Southern Local
Franklin Local	Southern Ohio ESC
Galion City	Southington Local (Lucas)
Gallipolis City	Springfield Local (Summit)
Garaway Local	Southwest Local
Geneva Area City	Springfield Local
Genoa Area Local	Springfield City
Goshen Local	Streetsboro City
Graham	Sylvania Local
Grand Valley Local	Trimble Local
Granville EV	Trumbull Career & Tech
Green Local (Franklin Furnace)	Tuscarawas Vlley Local
Greenfield EV	Tuslaw Local
Hardin-Houston Local	Union Local
Huber Heights City	Urbana City
Huntington Local	Vanlue Local
Indian Creek Local	Vantage Career Center
Indian Valley Local	Van Wert City
Jackson City	Vinton County Local
James A. Garfield Local	Warren City
Jennings Local	Warren Local
Kalida Local	Washington Local
Kenston Local	Washington-Nile
Keystone Local	Waverly
LaBrae Local	Wayne County Career Center
Lancaster City	Wayne Local
Leetonia EV	Wellston City
Liberty Local	West Muskingum
Licking County ESC	Wheelersburg
Lincolnview Local	Williamsburg Local
Lisbon EV	Yellow Springs EV
Logan-Hocking Local	Zane Trace Local
	Zanesville City

November 2012 School Levy Results

It was a good night for a lot of school levies. Requests for new money were passed at rates 10% higher than last November's levies efforts, and renewals held steady at their normal 85% rate.

The biggest news, perhaps, was the passage of the Cleveland school levy 57-43. It's been a long time since Cleveland has produced such strong support for their schools, and that support now needs to be rewarded with a plan that delivers a quality education.

New renewal	Failed	Passed	Pass %
New	76	45	32.2%
Renewal	10	60	85.7%
Over all	87	105	54.7%

Here's the full list of results.

County	District	Result	N/R	For	Against
Allen	Apollo Career Center	Failed	New	46.0%	54.0%
Allen	Elida Local	Failed	Renewal	40.0%	60.0%
Allen	Lima City	Passed	New	55.0%	45.0%
Allen	Shawnee Local	Passed	Renewal	62.0%	38.0%
Allen	Spencerville Local	Passed	Renewal	57.7%	42.3%
Ashland	Ashland City	Passed	New	56.1%	43.9%
Ashland	Hillsdale Local	Failed	New	42.7%	57.3%
Ashland	West Holmes JVS	Passed	Renewal	59.6%	40.4%
Ashland	West Holmes JVS	Passed	Renewal	58.5%	41.5%
Ashtabula	Ashtabula Area City	Failed	New	42.7%	57.3%
Ashtabula	Grand Valley Local	Failed	New	43.2%	56.8%
Ashtabula	Jefferson Area Local	Failed	Renewal	49.5%	50.5%
Ashtabula	Jefferson Area Local	Failed	Renewal	46.2%	53.9%
Athens	Athens City	Passed	Renewal	65.3%	34.7%
Athens	Trimble Local	Failed	New	46.9%	53.1%
Belmont	Bellaire Local	Failed	New	42.7%	57.3%
Brown	Western Brown Local	Failed	New	43.0%	57.0%
Butler	Monroe Local	Passed	New	54.7%	45.3%
Carroll	Brown Local	Failed	New	48.5%	51.5%
Champaign	Urbana City	Failed	New	42.0%	58.0%
Clark	Clark-Shawnee Local	Passed	Renewal	56.3%	43.7%
Clark	Greenon Local	Failed	New	44.9%	55.2%
Clark	Northeastern Local	Failed	New	40.0%	60.1%
Clark	Tecumseh Local	Failed	New	43.8%	56.2%
Clermont	Batavia Local	Passed	New	50.4%	49.6%
Clermont	Milford EV	Failed	New	49.3%	50.7%
Clermont	West Clermont Local	Failed	New	39.7%	60.3%
Clinton	Blanchester Local	Passed	Renewal	69.6%	30.4%
Clinton	East Clinton Local	Failed		38.3%	61.7%
Coshocton	Coshocton City	Passed	Renewal	61.7%	38.3%
Crawford	Galion City	Failed	New	32.4%	67.6%
Cuyahoga	Bay Village City	Passed	New	60.4%	39.6%
Cuyahoga	Brooklyn City	Passed	Renewal	61.2%	38.9%
Cuyahoga	Cleveland Municipal	Passed	New	56.6%	43.5%
Cuyahoga	Euclid City	Passed	New	50.1%	50.0%
Cuyahoga	Fairview Park City	Passed	Renewal	65.6%	34.5%
Cuyahoga	Maple Heights City	Passed	Renewal	59.8%	40.2%
Cuyahoga	North Roylaton City	Failed	New	47.2%	52.8%
Cuyahoga	Richmond Heights	Passed	New	51.3%	48.7%
Cuyahoga	Rocky River City	Passed	New	55.0%	45.0%
Cuyahoga	South Euclid-Lyndhurst	Passed	New	53.8%	46.2%
Cuyahoga	Strongsville City	Passed	New	50.0%	50.0%
Erie	Edison Local	Failed	New	44.7%	55.3%
Erie	Sandusky City	Passed	New	57.2%	42.8%
Fairfield	Walnut Township Local	Failed	New	37.9%	62.1%
Franklin	Dublin City	Passed	New	54.4%	45.6%
Franklin	New Albany-Plain Local	Passed	New	50.2%	49.8%
Franklin	Upper Arlington City	Failed	New	45.1%	54.9%
Franklin	Worthington City	Passed	New	62.3%	37.7%
Franklin	Worthington City	Passed	New	53.4%	46.6%
Geauga	Cardinal Local	Passed	Renewal	57.8%	42.3%
Geauga	Chardon Local	Failed	New	48.3%	51.7%
Geauga	Ledgemont Local	Passed	New	50.1%	49.9%
Geauga	Newbury Local	Failed	New	43.4%	56.6%
Geauga	West Geauga Local	Passed	New	50.3%	49.8%
Greene	Beavercreek City	Failed	New	49.7%	50.3%
Greene	Cedar Cliff Local	Passed	New	61.8%	38.2%
Greene	Fairborn City	Failed	New	45.7%	54.3%
Greene	Xenia Community City	Failed	New	34.4%	65.6%
Greene	Yellow Springs EV	Passed	New	67.1%	32.9%
Guernsey	Cambridge City	Passed	Renewal	62.1%	37.9%
Hamilton	Cincinnati City	Passed	Renewal	67.2%	32.9%
Hamilton	Finneytown Local	Passed	New	56.0%	44.1%
Hamilton	Mt Healthy City	Failed	New	45.7%	54.3%
Hamilton	Northwest Local	Failed	New	45.5%	54.5%
Hamilton	Reading Community	Passed	Renewal	71.4%	28.7%
Harrison	Conotton Valley Union	Failed	New	43.1%	56.9%
Henry	Napoleon Area City	Failed	New	44.6%	55.4%
Holmes	West Holmes Local	Passed	Renewal	60.2%	39.8%
Huron	Monroeville Local	Passed	New	53.4%	46.6%
Huron	Norwalk City	Failed	New	45.3%	54.7%
Huron	Williard City	Failed	Renewal	42.3%	57.7%
Jefferson	Buckeye Local	Failed	New	38.0%	62.0%
Jefferson	Edison Local	Failed	New	44.5%	55.5%
Jefferson	Indian Creek Local	Failed	New	46.3%	53.7%
Jefferson	Jefferson County JVSD	Failed	New	49.6%	50.4%
Knox	Centerburg Local	Passed	Renewal	62.2%	37.8%
Knox	East Knox Local	Failed	New	39.8%	60.2%
Knox	Mount Vernon City	Failed	New	48.9%	51.1%
Lake	Kirtland City	Passed	New	50.1%	49.9%
Lake	Painesville City	Passed	New	50.3%	49.7%
Lake	Willoughby-Eastlake	Passed	Renewal	59.8%	40.2%
Licking	Johnstown-Monroe	Passed	Renewal	53.1%	46.9%
Licking	Licking Heights Local	Failed	New	37.9%	62.1%
Licking	North Fork Local	Failed	Renewal	42.2%	57.8%
Logan	Indian Lake Local	Failed	New	37.7%	62.3%
Logan	West Liberty-Salem	Passed	New	53.1%	46.9%
Lorain	Amherst EV	Passed	New	52.1%	47.9%
Lorain	Avon Lake City	Failed	New	47.2%	52.9%
Lorain	Avon Local	Passed	New	59.9%	40.1%
Lorain	Clearview Local	Passed	New	52.2%	47.8%
Lorain	Columbia Local	Passed	Renewal	54.6%	45.4%
Lorain	Columbia Local	Passed	Renewal	55.0%	45.0%
Lorain	Elyria City	Failed	New	46.6%	53.4%
Lorain	Lorain City	Passed	New	54.2%	45.8%
Lorain	Lorain County JVSD	Passed	Renewal	60.1%	40.0%
Lorain	Midview Local	Failed	New	38.7%	61.4%
Lorain	North Ridgeville City	Passed	New	56.6%	43.4%
Lorain	Oberlin City	Passed	Renewal	67.4%	32.6%
Lorain	Oberlin City	Passed	Renewal	69.2%	30.9%
Lorain	Wellington Exempted	Passed	New	59.1%	40.9%
Lucas	Anthony Wayne Local	Passed	Renewal	61.7%	38.3%
Lucas	Ottawa Hills Local	Passed	New	65.7%	34.3%
Lucas	Toledo City	Failed	New	47.6%	52.5%
Madison	Madison-Plains Local	Failed	New	45.8%	54.2%
Mahoning	Boardman Local	Passed	New	53.3%	46.7%
Mahoning	Jackson-Milton Local	Failed	New	32.8%	67.2%
Mahoning	Jackson-Milton Local	Failed	Renewal	49.4%	50.6%
Mahoning	Poland Local	Passed	New	55.0%	45.0%
Mahoning	South Range Local	Passed	Renewal	57.6%	42.4%
Mahoning	Springfield Local	Failed	New	47.7%	52.3%
Mahoning	Youngstown City	Passed	Renewal	60.2%	39.8%
Marion	River Valley Local	Passed	Renewal	54.5%	45.5%
Marion	Tri-Rivers JVSD	Failed	New	41.4%	58.6%
Medina	Black River Local	Failed	New	37.6%	62.4%
Medina	Black River Local	Failed	New	35.9%	64.1%
Medina	Cloverleaf Local	Failed	New	46.7%	53.3%
Medina	Medina City	Failed	New	47.8%	52.2%
Mercer	Celina City	Failed	New	32.5%	67.6%
Miami	Miami East Local	Passed	Renewal	52.7%	47.3%
Miami	Milton-Union EV	Failed	Renewal	49.9%	50.1%
Miami	Newton Local	Passed	Renewal	54.0%	46.0%
Monroe	Switzerland of Ohio	Failed	New	38.8%	61.2%
Montgomery	Centerville City	Failed	New	49.5%	50.5%
Montgomery	Huber Heights City	Failed	New	38.3%	61.7%
Montgomery	Jefferson Township	Failed	New	48.7%	51.3%
Montgomery	Miamisburg City	Passed	Renewal	57.2%	42.8%
Montgomery	New Lebanon Local	Passed	Renewal	57.7%	42.3%
Montgomery	New Lebanon Local	Passed	Renewal	59.2%	40.8%
Montgomery	Valley View Local	Failed	New	46.9%	53.1%
Montgomery	Vandalia-Butler City	Failed	New	45.5%	54.5%
Montgomery	West Carrollton City	Failed	New	48.4%	51.6%
Morrow	Cardington-Lincoln	Failed	New	34.7%	65.4%
Muskingum	West Muskingum Local	Failed	New	44.9%	55.1%
Ottawa	Port Clinton City	Passed	Renewal	55.8%	44.2%
Perry	New Lexington City	Passed	Renewal	55.5%	44.5%
Portage	Aurora City	Passed	New	51.2%	48.8%
Portage	Crestwood Local	Passed	New	53.9%	46.1%
Portage	Field Local	Failed	New	47.6%	52.4%
Portage	Rootstown Local	Passed	Renewal	59.7%	40.3%
Portage	Waterloo Local	Failed	New	43.0%	57.0%
Preble	Tri-County North Local	Passed	Renewal	66.0%	34.0%
Putnam	Ottawa-Glandorf Local	Passed	Renewal	65.1%	34.9%
Putnam	Pandora-Gilboa Local	Passed	Renewal	58.8%	41.2%
Richland	Mansfield City	Failed	Renewal	48.6%	51.4%
Richland	Shelby City	Failed	New	32.8%	67.2%
Ross	Zane Trace Local	Passed	Renewal	57.2%	42.8%
Sandusky	Bellevue City	Passed	Renewal	52.6%	47.4%
Sandusky	Clyde-Green Springs	Passed	Renewal	54.5%	45.6%
Sandusky	Fremont City	Passed	Renewal	56.4%	43.6%
Sandusky	Woodmore Local	Passed	Renewal	57.3%	42.7%
Scioto	Green Local	Passed	New	51.8%	48.2%
Seneca	Bettsville Local	Failed	Renewal	49.6%	50.4%
Seneca	Mohawk Local	Failed	New	38.8%	61.2%
Seneca	Tiffin City	Passed	Renewal	62.0%	38.0%
Shelby	Fairlawn Local	Failed	Renewal	48.8%	51.2%
Stark	Canton Local	Failed	New	48.3%	51.7%
Stark	Louisville City	Failed	New	48.9%	51.1%
Stark	Marlington Local	Failed	New	39.5%	60.5%
Stark	Marlington Local	Passed	Renewal	59.4%	40.6%
Stark	Massillon City	Passed	New	50.1%	49.9%
Stark	Minerva Local	Passed	Renewal	53.6%	46.4%
Stark	Tuslaw Local	Passed	Renewal	62.3%	37.7%
Summit	Akron City	Passed	New	59.5%	40.5%
Summit	Barberton City	Failed	New	45.4%	54.6%
Summit	Coventry Local	Passed	Renewal	60.5%	39.5%
Summit	Hudson City	Passed	Renewal	65.7%	34.4%
Summit	Nordonia Hills City	Failed	New	40.1%	60.0%
Summit	Norton City	Passed	New	53.4%	46.6%
Summit	Stow-Munroe Falls City	Passed	Renewal	57.6%	42.4%
Summit	Tallmadge City	Failed	New	38.8%	61.3%
Summit	Twinsburg City	Passed	New	53.9%	46.1%
Summit	Woodridge Local	Passed	New	55.5%	44.6%
Trumbull	Brookfield Local	Failed	New	39.4%	60.6%
Trumbull	Champion Local	Failed	New	48.6%	51.4%
Trumbull	Howland Local	Passed	Renewal	60.2%	39.9%
Trumbull	Joseph Badger Local	Passed	Renewal	51.9%	48.2%
Trumbull	Mathews Local	Passed	New	50.2%	49.8%
Tuscarawas	Buckeye JVSD	Passed	New	54.5%	45.5%
Tuscarawas	Dover City	Passed	Renewal	55.8%	44.2%
Tuscarawas	Dover City	Passed	Renewal	53.8%	46.2%
Tuscarawas	New Philadelphia City	Passed	Renewal	64.6%	35.4%
Tuscarawas	Strasburg-Franklin	Passed	Renewal	59.6%	40.4%
Tuscarawas	Tuscarawas Valley	Passed	Renewal	61.9%	38.1%
Union	Marysville EV	Failed	New	41.7%	58.3%
Van Wert	Vantage Career Center	Passed	Renewal	67.4%	32.6%
Warren	Carlisle Local	Failed	New	49.0%	51.0%
Washington	Warren Local	Failed	New	38.7%	61.3%
Wayne	Orrville City	Failed	New	38.1%	61.9%
Wayne	Triway Local	Passed	Renewal	59.5%	40.5%
Wood	Bowling Green City	Failed	New	47.7%	52.3%
Wood	Perrysburg EV	Passed	New	51.3%	48.8%

Union members spotlight - day 1

When we predicted that the biggest fight over SB5 was still ahead, little did we think that almost 1 in 3 general assembly districts being contested would have candidates with union memberships, including 14 teachers. With just a week to go before the 2012 primary election on March 6th, we thought we would highlight a group of those individuals each day of the week.

It should be noted that the districts listed below are new as a consequence of the legislative redistricting process that happened last year.

House District 7 - Matt Patten (D)

Matt Patten represented the former 18th District from 2009 to 2011, and is affiliated with Laborers. You can learn more about Matt, here. He is in an uncontested primary and will face current state Rep Mike Dovilla in November. Rep. Dovilla voted for both SB5 and the budget HB153 which contained SB5 like provisions while simultaneously cutting billions from education funding.

House District 16 - Todd Laveck (D)

Todd Laveck is an OFT member, and Cleveland school teacher. He is running in a contested primary, and has garnered the following endorsements: Ohio Education Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Northern Ohio Fire Fighters Association, Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, Teamsters Local 407, Cleveland Teachers Union Local 279, Cleveland Custodians Union Local 777, Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, Fairview Park Mayor Eileen Patton, State Senator Michael Skindell, State Representative Nickie Antonio, State Representative Mike Foley, State Representative Kenny Yuko, Former State Representative Jennifier Brady, Fairview Park Democratic Club, Former North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O'Grady.

You can find out more about Todd, here. If he is successful in winning the March 6th primary, he will face incumbent Nan Baker who also voted against the middle class and schools, voting for SB5 and HB153.

House District 20 - Marco Miller (D)

Marco Miller is a retired member of IAFF (firefighters) having served 25 years in the Columbus Division of Fire. You can find out more about Marco, here. He too is running in a contested primary. Marco is running in a contest primary to replace incumbent Nancy Garland.

He has the following list of endorsements: Franklin County Democratic Party, Greater Columbus/Franklin County United Auto Workers- CAP Council, Ohio Civil Service Employees Association (OCSEA), Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT), Plumbers and Pipefitters, Sheet Metal Workers, Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio, Immigrant Citizens of Ohio PAC, Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks, Franklin County Commission John O’Grady, Franklin County Clerk of Courts Maryellen O’Shaughnessy, Franklin County Municipal Clerk of Courts Lori Tyack, Columbus City Council Member Hearcel Craig, Columbus City Councilman Zach Klein, Columbus City Councilwoman Eileen Paley, Madison Township Trustee Edward Dildine, Whitehall City Councilwoman Karen Conison, Whitehall City Council President Jim Graham, Whitehall City Councilwoman Leslie LaCorte, Whitehall City Auditor Dan Miller, State Representative Teresa Fedor, Franklin County Recorder Candidate Terry Brown, Past Franklin County Democratic Party Chairwoman Fran Ryan, Past Franklin County Democratic Party Chairman Denny White

House District 21 - Donna O'Connor (D)

Donna O'Connor is a member of OEA and a special education teacher in Dublin. She is endorsed by the Franklin County Democratic Party, the Ohio Education Association and Emily's List. if successful in her primary she will face incumbent Rep. Duffy whose votes for SB5 and HB153 also harmed the middle class. You can find out more about Donna, here.

District 24 - Maureen Reedy (D)

Maureen Reedy is also a member of OEA. She was Teacher of the Year for the Upper Arlington City School District in 2001 and the Ohio Teacher of the Year in 2002. Maureen is uncontested on the March 6th ballot and will face Stephanie Kunze in november in a contest to replace incumbent Ted Celeste who is running for Senate District 3.

You can learn more about Maureen, here.

Tomorrow we will take a look at another 5 union members running for the Ohio General Assembly.

School privatization bill under intense pressure

With opposition to the public school privatization bill (HB136) now at record levels, the bill's sponsor, Rep Matt Huffman is looking to make changes

according to GOP sources, Huffman is proposing to scale back the bill in several ways.

He reportedly is proposing to: lower income requirements so fewer students would qualify for a voucher; cap the amount of tax revenues a school district would lose for students transferring to a private school with a voucher; limit the number of students a district could lose to the program to no more than 1 percent of enrollment; and eliminate a provision that would allow parents to deposit any unused voucher money into a college savings account for their child.

As Tom Ash the director of governmental development for BASA notes, it is unlikely to be enough, especially in light of the revelations reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer in depth report over the weekend titled "Voucher program gets little scrutiny".

Six years after Ohio taxpayers began paying private-school tuition for what is now more than 15,000 students, the state is not reporting academic results for about half of them.

State education officials say online access, human error and the independence of private schools all play a role in the lack of state testing results in their annual reports.

Even the Governor's spokesperson admits that this is a troublesome finding. It continues a pattern of weakening public education in the name of "choice" and "competition", but not applying the same standards of transparency and accountability to tax payer funded private schools.

With more and more school districts and education organizations joining the ranks of opposition almost daily now, and reports that the current voucher effort is woefully failing in it's legally mandated transparency requirements, HB136 is a bill that should simply be tabled.

Here's the most recent list of districts and organizations opposing HB136, from OSBA

Akron  City	Mapleton  Local
Allen  County  ESC	Maplewood  Career  Center
Amanda-­-Clearcreek  Local	Mariemont  City
Amherst  Ex  Vill	Marietta  City
Arcadia  Local	Marion  City
Archbold  Area  Local	Marysville  Ex  Vill
Ashland  County-­-West  Holmes  JVSD	Maumee  City
Ashtabula  Area  City	McDonald  Local
Ashtabula  County  T&C Ctr.	Medina  Ci†y
Athens-­-Meigs  ESC	Medina  County  ESC
Aurora  City	Meigs  Local
Austintown  Local	Mentor  Ex  Vill
Ayersville  Local	Middletown  City
Barnesville  Ex  Vill	Millcreek-­-West  Unity  Local
Bath  Local	Mohawk  Local
Bay  Village  City	Morgan  Local
Bellbrook-­-Sugarcreek  Local	Muskingum  Valley  ESC
Bellefontaine  City	Napoleon  Area  City
Belpre  City	National  Trail  Local
Benjamin  Logan  Local	New  Bremen  Local
Benton-­-Carroll-­-Salem  Local	New  Philadelphia  City
Bethel-­-Tate  Local	New  Riegel  Local
Big  Walnut  Local	Newark  City
Bloom-­-Carroll  Local	Newbury  Local
Boardman  Local	Newton  Falls  Ex  Vill
Botkins  Local	Niles  City
Bowling  Green  City	Noble  Local
Bristol  Local	Nordonia  Hills  City
Brookfield  Local	North  College  Hill  City
Brooklyn  City	North  Fork  Local
Brown  County  ESC	North  Olmsted  City
Brown  Local  (Carroll)	Northeastern  Local
Brunswick  City	Northridge  Local
Buckeye  Central  Local	Northwest  Ohio  ESC
Buckeye  Local  (Ashtabula)	Northwestern  Local
Buckeye  Valley  Local	Norton  City
Bucyrus  City	Norwood  Local
C-­-Tech  of  Licking  County	Oak  Hills  Local
Canfield  Local	Oakwood  City
Carey  Ex  Vill	Oberlin  City
Cedar  Cliff  Local	Olmsted  Falls  City
Centerburg  Local	Orange  City
Chagrin  Falls  Ex  Vill	Orrville  City
Champion  Local	Ottawa-­-Glandorf  Local
Chardon  Local	Ottoville  Local
Chillicothe  City	Painesville  City
Chippawa  Local	Perry-­-Hocking  ESC
Clark  County  ESC	Perrysburg  Local
Clark-­-Shawnee  Local	Pike-­-Delta-­-York  Local
Clay  Local	Port  Clinton  City
Cleveland  Municipal	Portsmouth  City
Clinton-­-Massie  Local	Preble  County  ESC
Columbia  Local	Reading  Community  City
Columbiana  Ex  Vill	Revere  Local
Columbus  Grove  Local	Rittman  Ex  Vill
Conneaut  Area  City	Riverside  Local
Conotton  Valley  Union  Local	Ross-­-Pike  ESD
Coshocton  City	St.  Henry  Consolidated  Local
Crestview  Local	St.  Marys  City
Crestwood  Local	Shaker  Heights  Local
Crooksville  Ex  Vill	Shawnee  Local
Cuyahoga  Heights  Local	Sidney  City
Danville  Local	Solon  City
Dayton  City	South  Central  Ohio  ESC
Deer  Park  City	South  Central  Local
Delaware  City	South  Range  Local
Dublin  City	South-­-Western    City
East  Guernsey  Local	Southeast  Local
East  Holmes  Local	Southeastern  Local
East  Knox  Local	Southern  Hills  JVSD
Eastern  Local  (Brown)	Southern  Local  (Meigs)
Eastern  Local  (Meigs)	Southern  Local  (Perry)
Elida  Local	Southern  Ohio  ESC
Elyria  City	Southington  Local
Euclid  City	Southwest  Licking  Local
Fairbanks  Local	Spencerville  Local
Fairborn  City	Springfield  City
Fairfield  City	Springfield  Clark  CTC
Fairfield  Union  Local	Springfield  Local  (Lucas)
Fairland  Local	Springfield  Local  (Mahoning)
Fairless  Local	Steubenville  City
Fairview  Park  City	Stow-­-Munroe  Falls  City
Fayetteville-­-Perry  Local	Strasburg-­-Franklin  Local
Federal  Hocking  Local	Streetsboro  City
Felicity-­-Franklin  Local	Strongsville  City
Field  Local	Talawanda  City
Finneytown  Local	Tecumseh  Local
Firelands  Local	Toledo  Public
Forest  Hills  Local	Triad  Local
Fort  Frye  Local	Tri-­-County  ESC
Franklin  City	Tri-­-Village  Local
Franklin  Local	Trumbull  County  CTC
Fredericktown  Local	Trumbull  County  ESC
Fremont  City	Tuscarawas  Valley  Local
Galion  City	Tuslaw  Local
Georgetown  Ex  Vill	Twinsburg  City
Gibsonburg  Ex  Vill	Union  Local
Goshen  Local	United  Local
Graham  Local	Upper  Arlington  City
Granville  Ex  Vill	Upper  Sandusky  Ex  Vill
Green  Local	Urbana  City
Greenon  Local	Valley  View  Local
Groveport  Madison  Local	Vanlue  Local
Hardin-­-Houston  Local	Van  Wert  City
Highland  Local	Vermilion  Local
Howland  Local	Vinton  County  Local
Huntington  Local	Wadsworth  City
Independence  Local	Wapakoneta  City
Ironton  City	Warren  City
Jackson-­-Milton  Local	Washington  Local
Jefferson  Area  Local	Waterloo  Local
Jefferson  County  ESC	Wauseon  Ex  Vill
Jefferson  County  JVS	Waverly  City
Jefferson  Local  (Madison)	Wayne  County  JVS
Jennings  Local	Waynesfield-­-Goshen  Local
Kalida  Local	Wellston  City
Kenston  Local	Wellsville  Local
Kent  City	West  Branch  Local
Keystone  Local	West  Carrollton  City
Kirtland  Local	Western  Brown  Local
Knox  County  Career  Center	Westlake  City
LaBrae  Local	Wheelersburg  Local
Lakeview  Local	Williamsburg  Local
Lakewood  City	Winton  Woods  City
Lawrence  County  JVS	Woodridge  Local
Leetonia  Ex  Vill	Wooster  City
Liberty  Local	Worthington  City
Licking  County  ESC	Xenia  Community
Lima  City	Yellow  Springs  Local
Lincolnview  Local	Youngstown  City
Lisbon  Ex  Vill	Zanesville  City
Logan-­-Hocking  Local	County-­-wide  Letters  in  Opposition:
Lordstown  Local	Lake  County  Superintendents
Loudonville-­-Perrysville  Ex  Vill	Lorain  County  Superintendents
Lucas  County  ESC	Medina  County  Superintendents
Lynchburg-­-Clay  Local	Southern  Ohio  ESC  Center
Manchester  Local	Member  District  Superintendents
	Trumbull  County  Superintendent's  Assoc.

November 2011 School levies and issues

Here's the list of school levies and issues from around the state that will appear on ballots this November 8th, 2011.

County	School District	New/Renewal
Adams	Adams County/Ohio Valley LSD	N
Allen	Bath LSD	R
Allen	Perry LSD	R
Allen	Perry LSD
Allen	Shawnee LSD	R
Allen	Spencerville LSD	R
Ashland	Ashland CSD	R
Ashland	Hillsdale LSD	R
Ashtabula	Ashtabula Area CSD	R
Ashtabula	Geneva Area CSD	N
Ashtabula	Grand Valley LSD	N
Auglaize	Minster LSD	R
Belmont	Bellaire CSD LSD	R
Belmont	Bellaire CSD LSD	N
Butler	Fairfield CSD	N
Butler	Lakota LSD	N
Clark	Northwestern LSD	R
Clark	Tecumseh LSD	R
Clermont	West Clermont LSD	N
Clinton	Blanchester LSD	N
Clinton	Wilmington CSD	R
Columbiana	United LSD	N
Coshocton	Coshocton CSD	R
Crawford	Wynford LSD	N
Cuyahoga	Bedford CSD	N
Cuyahoga	Berea CSD	N
Cuyahoga	Cleveland Heights-University Heights CSD	N
Cuyahoga	Cuyahoga Heights LSD	N
Cuyahoga	Euclid CSD	N
Cuyahoga	Garfield Heights CSD	N
Cuyahoga	Independence LSD	R
Cuyahoga	North Royalton CSD	R
Cuyahoga	Olmsted Falls CSD	N
Cuyahoga	Orange CSD	N
Cuyahoga	Strongsville CSD	R
Darke	Greenville CSD	N
Defiance	Ayersville LSD	R
Delaware	Buckeye Valley LSD	N
Delaware	Delaware CSD	N
Erie	Vermilion LSD	N
Fairfield	Fairfield Union LSD	R
Fairfield	Lancaster CSD	N
Fairfield	Walnut Township LSD	R
Franklin	Canal Winchester LSD	R
Franklin	Dublin CSD	N
Franklin	Groveport Madison LSD	N
Franklin	Hilliard CSD	N
Franklin	Westerville CSD	N
Fulton	Evergreen LSD	N
Fulton	Gorham Fayette LSD	R
Fulton	Pike-Delta-York LSD	R
Geauga	Cardinal LSD	N
Geauga	Newbury LSD	R
Geauga	West Geauga LSD	N
Greene	Beavercreek CSD	N
Greene	Greeneview LSD	N
Greene	Xenia Community CSD	N
Guernsey	Cambridge CSD	N
Guernsey	East Guernsey LSD	N
Guernsey	Rolling Hills LSD	R
Hamilton	Cincinnati CSD	N
Hamilton	Madeira CSD	N
Hamilton	Mt Healthy CSD	N
Hamilton	Northwest LSD	N
Hamilton	Three Rivers LSD	R
Hardin	Ada EVSD	N
Hardin	Riverdale LSD	N
Henry	Patrick Henry LSD	N
Holmes	East Holmes LSD	N
Huron	Monroeville LSD	R
Huron	Norwalk CSD	R
Jefferson	Edison LSD	N
Knox	East Knox LSD	N
Knox	Fredericktown LSD	?
Knox	Mount Vernon CSD	R
Lake	Fairport Harbor EVSD	N
Lake	Kirtland LSD	N
Lake	Riverside LSD	N
Lake	Wickliffe CSD	N
Lake	Willoughby-Eastlake CSD	N
Licking	North Fork LSD	N
Licking	Northridge LSD	?
Licking	Northridge LSD	N
Logan	Bellefontaine CSD	R
Logan	Bellefontaine CSD	R
Lorain	Avon LSD	N
Lorain	Clearview LSD	R
Lorain	Lorain County JVSD	N
Lorain	Lorain CSD	N
Lorain	North Ridgeville CSD	N
Lorain	Oberlin CSD	N
Lorain	Oberlin CSD	R
Lucas	Maumee CSD	N
Lucas	Ottawa Hills LSD	N
Lucas	Washington LSD	N
Madison	London CSD	N
Mahoning	Canfield LSD	N
Mahoning	Western Reserve LSD	R
Marion	Elgin LSD	R
Marion	Pleasant LSD	R
Marion	Ridgedale LSD	R
Marion	River Valley LSD	N
Marion	Tri-Rivers JVSD	R
Marion	Tri-Rivers JVSD	N
Medina	Black River LSD	?
Medina	Black River LSD	N
Medina	Cloverleaf LSD	N
Medina	Wadsworth CSD	N
Mercer	Fort Recovery LSD	N
Miami	Miami East LSD	N
Miami	Piqua CSD	N
Miami	Tipp CSD EVSD	R
Monroe	Switzerland Of Ohio LSD	R
Montgomery	Huber Heights CSD	N
Montgomery	Jefferson Township LSD	R
Montgomery	Kettering CSD	R
Montgomery	Mad River LSD	N
Montgomery	Northmont CSD	N
Montgomery	Northridge LSD	N
Montgomery	Vandalia-Butler CSD	?
Montgomery	West Carrollton CSD	N
Ottawa	Benton Carroll Salem LSD	N
Ottawa	Genoa Area LSD	N
Paulding	Antwerp LSD	R
Pickaway	Teays Valley LSD	N
Portage	Aurora CSD	R
Portage	Crestwood LSD	R
Portage	Field LSD	N
Portage	Streetsboro CSD	R
Portage	Waterloo LSD	N
Preble	College Corner	N
Preble	Tri-County North LSD	R
Preble	Tri-County North LSD	N
Preble	Twin Valley Community LSD	R
Richland	Clear Fork Valley LSD	?
Richland	Lexington LSD	N
Richland	Lucas LSD	R
Richland	Lucas LSD	R
Richland	Plymouth-Shiloh LSD	R
Richland	Shelby CSD	R
Sandusky	Clyde-Green Springs EVSD	N
Sandusky	Woodmore LSD	N
Seneca	Old Fort LSD	?
Seneca	Tiffin CSD	N
Shelby	Botkins LSD	N
Stark	Canton CSD	N
Stark	Lake LSD	N
Stark	Minerva LSD	R
Stark	Osnaburg LSD	N
Stark	Sandy Valley LSD	R
Summit	Akron CSD	N
Summit	Barberton CSD	N
Summit	Copley-Fairlawn CSD	R
Summit	Nordonia Hills CSD	N
Summit	Norton CSD	R
Summit	Stow-Munroe Falls CSD	N
Summit	Woodridge LSD	N
Trumbull	Howland LSD	N
Trumbull	Lakeview LSD	R
Trumbull	Weathersfield LSD	N
Tuscarawas	Dover CSD	N
Tuscarawas	New Philadelphia CSD	R
Tuscarawas	Strasburg-Franklin LSD	R
Union	North Union LSD	R
Van Wert	Crestview LSD	R
Van Wert	Crestview LSD	R
Warren	Carlisle LSD	N
Warren	Lebanon CSD	N
Warren	Little Miami LSD	N
Washington	Warren LSD	N
Williams	Bryan CSD	R
Williams	Bryan CSD	N
Williams	Edon-Northwest LSD	?
Williams	Montpelier EVSD	N
Williams	Stryker LSD	N
Wood	Lake LSD	N

UPDATED: SB5 Help Wanted

We Are Ohio has so many SB5 petition books coming in, it's proving difficult to keep up. They are asking for help to log signatures so they can keep track.

The campaign can use help anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., seven days a week until June 30th. The process occurs at SEIU 1199 at 1395 Dublin Rd in Columbus.

Please contact Brendan Kelley at bkelley@weareohio.com to let him know if you can help.