Lake County Cities & Townships

Can Mentor Schools Be Saved?

“I am absolutely repulsed to learn that a 15-year-old Mentor High School student was arrested last week on child pornography charges. Yet, even worse, I am revolted to learn that you may have allowed a potential sex offender, who was charged with 36 felony counts including pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, back onto Mentor Public School property.”…Senator Bernie Moreno

Can Mentor Schools Be Saved?

The Mentor Board of Education voted 3-2 (Payne and Ioppolo dissenting) last night to remove the sexual content policy, which flagged books that were deemed sexually explicit. and notified parents that their child checked out a book with sexual content. The board also voted 3-2 to remove the opportunity for taxpayers to donate books to the school to help balance out their book collections.