FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbus, OH – Days after a shocking leaked Columbus City Schools memo [READ LEAKED MEMO] regarding the Superintendent’s Community Facilities Task Force detailed plans to use racial divides to attack opponents of school closures and hide information from taxpayers, evidence has begun to emerge that elements of the leaked plan have, in…
Author: Cindy Love
PRESS RELEASE – After Shocking CCS Task Force Document Leak, Community and Educators Call for Resignation and Process Restart
Columbus, OH – After obtaining a shocking leaked Columbus City Schools Board of Education strategy document [READ ORIGINAL DOCUMENT], which details plans to use racial divides to attack opponents of school closures and hide information from taxpayers, members of the community and Columbus City Schools Union leaders sent the following open letter to the Board…
CEA Resigns from CCS Facilities Task Force, Rejects ‘Failed Policies of the Past’
This morning, CEA President John Coneglio sent the following open letter to Superintendent Dr. Angela Chapman and members of the Superintendent’s Community Facilities Task Force: Dear Superintendent Dr. Angela Chapman, Members of the Columbus City Schools Board of Education, and members of the Superintendent’s Community Facilities Task Force; I write this open letter today to…
CEA Member Greg Mild to State Board: No Licensure Fee Increases
On March 11, CEA member Greg Mild delivered the following testimony to the Ohio State Board of Education. This testimony is in response to a proposal to increase teacher licensure fees, following the state legislature’s failure to fully fund the Board. President LaRue and Members of the Board, Thank you for the opportunity to testify…
Member Alert: Classroom Observations by Vendors
CEA Members, On November 10, 2023, CEA filed a class-action grievance against the District regarding mandatory classroom observations performed by third-party vendors such as iReady, HMH, and Curriculum Assoiciates. CEA presented evidence gathered from dozens of schools that these observations and related tasks violated several provisions of our Master Agreement. Predictably, despite this evidence, the…