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State Representative Jim Buchy
Buchy Applauds
the Formation of new Advocacy Network
Encourages the Department of Education and Legislative Leaders to Look
to This Group for Sound Policy Ideas
COLUMBUS- State Representative Jim Buchy (R- Greenville) applauds the
formation of the Northwest/West Central Ohio Public School Advocacy
Network. This group of superintendents from nearly 40 school
districts, career centers and educational services centers spanning
10-plus counties have formed a network to advocate for positive changes
in public education that they believe will make for better schools.
Representative Buchy lamented the constant changing environment in
education for more than a decade that has hampered student growth and
negatively effected morale in Ohio’s schools.
“The never ending changes in our schools have resulted in a downward
spiral that threatens the well-being and academic growth of a
generation,” Buchy said. “Hearing from a group of educational
professionals will be helpful as we work for legislative policies that
look to our schools in western Ohio for what is right in education.”
The group will focus on locally-controlled public education with
governmental support that is valued over public education dominated by
government regulations. In particular, Buchy found the formation
of this organization to be timely given recent controversy about the
results of the Ohio Report Cards released last month.
“In western Ohio we must stand against beuracratic control that has led
to poor testing practices and faulty report cards,” Buchy said. “We
should promote our good schools and celebrate their success.”
Buchy recently issued unofficial adjusted report cards to local schools
to lessen confusion caused when the Ohio Department of Education
included the results in the performance index of students who didn’t
take the test. Representative Buchy’s adjusted report cards are posted
online at tinyurl.com/adjustedreportcards
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