This message is courtesy of Kristen Hill of Lorain County: Two important pieces of news I wanted to get out to you. 1. Gibson’s Bakery won their court case. See story here. Incredible. Recall TEA (That’s us.) held a rally in… Read More ›
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Education
Another Viewpoint on S.E.L. Indoctrination
Thanks to our patriotic friend from Geauga County, Tom Niewulis, for this article on the Social, Emotional Learning program proposed for all of Ohio’s public schools. ********************1776 To: Governor DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, Attorney General Dave Yost, Speaker of… Read More ›
Public School Curriculum…State education committee destroying our schools
We need your help. H.B. 239 must be defeated. It will kill the Founding of America Documents Curriculum in Ohio schools in the 8-12th grade. As most of you remember, in 2012 the Ohio Legislature and the Governor signed into… Read More ›
Social, Emotional Learning….a corrupt scheme of control
Here is our letter that we sent to Sarah Fowler, our Representative to the State Board of Education – District 7. May 4, 2019 Ms. Sarah Fowler Ohio State Board of Education Member – District 7 2952 State… Read More ›
S.E.L. in Schools…..they want total control of your children
We are publishing another article from Sarah Fowler, Ohio State Board of Education Representative from District 7. This should make every free thinking American, those believing that the family is sacrosanct in our society, to sit up and take notice. … Read More ›
College Credit Plus Program….limited for home schooled students
We wonder why there is discrimination against home schooled children. Here is an article from Sarah Fowler, District 7 State Representative, explaining how the College Credit Plus Program works. LFC gives a big “thumbs-up” to Sarah, and we appreciate her… Read More ›
Congratulations to Riverside educators
From the Riverside School’s website, we found this information: “Congratulations to Melissa Mlakar (Director of Curriculum), James Kalis (Superintendent) and Christopher Basich (College and Career Readiness Coordinator and Teacher) for receiving their Doctorate Degree in Education this past year.” LFC… Read More ›
Euclid Schools in trouble….familiar story…
Thanks to our Kirtland lobbyist for this article about our neighbors in Euclid. It appears that their schools will have to make some drastic cut-backs. Looks like they are short $5.6 million….. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/education/euclid-city-school-sees-drastic-cuts-after-loss-of-levy/95-d1afabc2-a695-482f-ba1c-33451232aacd Here is an excerpt from the article… Read More ›
Architect’s Presentation to Riverside School Board….
We received today the presentation made to the Riverside School Board by the architectural firm helping the board make the decision to renovate the existing 6-12 school or build a brand new school. A big thank you to the very… Read More ›
Public Schools’ Lobbyists…Taxpayers funding their own demise
We were sent a news article dealing with a proposed change in the ballot language regarding local property taxes. Here is the article: News Article on Derek Merrin’s proposed legislation We asked State Representative Derek Merrin (47th District – Toledo Area)… Read More ›
School Funding Formula on hold
Thanks to one of our Kirtland lobbyists for this article on public school funding. https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local-education/school-funding-overhaul-may-get-delayed-two-years-lawmakers-say/bAWol2XCgUhOhjTMcVvtbO/ Looks like the Cupp-Patterson new school funding formula is put on hold. However, the politicians were able to get the gasoline tax passed without any… Read More ›
Riverside Teacher Nominee for Teacher of the Year
LFC offers congratulations to Laura Poje for being nominated for the 2020 State of Ohio teacher of the year award. Best of luck to her.
Ohio School Funding…..another comparison chart
Here is another look at the impact of the new funding formula changes on Lake County school districts. This only compares the changes from 2019 to 2021. If you want to see a comparison of the annual funding amount since… Read More ›
Painesville and Euclid schools….about to be taken over by the State
Thanks to Lobbyist Jim for this information….Painesville and Euclid schools are about to be taken over by the State for poor performance…..As we have said many times, it is not about how much money is thrown at the problem. It… Read More ›
New School State Funding Formula…
Thanks to our Kirtland lobbyists, we were made aware of the new school funding formula that Representative John Patterson mentioned to us at our meeting a few weeks ago. 3-29-19 Executive Summary – Fair School Funding Plan Here is an… Read More ›
Sex Ed in Ohio Schools….wow, not the 3 R’s…believe me…
WARNING: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS…..WE DO NOT MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE’S SENSIBILITIES, ONLY TO REPORT THE TRUTH ABOUT AN UNCOMFORTABLE SUBJECT. A special thank-you to Sarah Fowler, our very capable representative to… Read More ›
New School Funding Plan Proposed
Thanks to a Kirtland lobbyist for this cleveland.com article on the proposed revisions to the school funding. We will have to see the final outcome before we can give it a “thumbs up or down”. This is in keeping with… Read More ›
Sex Ed in the classroom…..would you believe what they are teaching?
We highly recommend that ALL interested residents so that you can hear what modern “educators” think is appropriate to teach your young children. Our guess is that you will be SHOCKED! (think pornography and perversion) Comprehensive Sexual Education in Our… Read More ›
FY 20 – 21 Ohio School Budget Testimony….they talk a good game, but the results are abysmal
Our State School Board Representative, Sarah Fowler, sent us Paolo Demaria’s, the Ohio Superintendent’s, testimony to the House Finance Committee. FY20-21 Budget Testimony – ODE – House Finance 3.21.19 vF Here are some interesting statistics from his testimony: “The Department… Read More ›
American Education…..what has happened?
Thanks to a Tax Working Group lobbyist for the following information regarding a book dealing with the history of American Education…..I will be reading this soon… *********************1776 Would STRONGLY recommend reading The Messianic Character of American Education By Dr. R.J…. Read More ›
2018 Cupp Reports For Lake County Schools
We have been working with the 2018 Cupp Reports, and have prepared the following schedules for all nine school districts in Lake County. The Cupp Reports compares 61 different metrics, and compares each school to a similar district in the… Read More ›
Public School Education…..may not be around in 20 Years? updated 3/14/19
Updated 3/14/19 – see the opinion of the sitting member of State School Board on the whole 550 member Ohio Department of Education at the end of the article. It is very alarming! ********************1776 We received this recap of the… Read More ›
Meeting with Representative John Patterson….
Several patriots met with State Representative John Patterson (District 99) at the Chardon Library today to discuss the unsustainable funding of public schools in the State of Ohio with property taxes. Representative Patterson was well aware of the looming… Read More ›
Riverside School Levy…oh no….they are back for more
It seems that all we do is talk about property taxes these days. Simple reason for that, really. The political sub-divisions keep coming back for more, and more, and more. Just as the orange barrels on our roads are the… Read More ›
Public Schools and Lobbyists….part 1
We recently published an article about a Lucas County State Representative, Derek Merrin, introducing legislation that would simplify the ballot language for any property tax levy placed on the ballot by the public schools. The legislation has been opposed by… Read More ›