40 million reasons Columbus schools leaders should go
An audit found that Columbus City Schools overspent $40 million on insurance. One must wonder how many more contracts are not financially sound.
While the leadership team and board cry for more money and cut staff positions and student transportation, they have such weak financial controls and contract reviews that $40 million was lost on one contract.
This level of incompetence is grounds for the entire senior team and board to be fired.
These “leaders” don’t seem to care about anything but a paycheck and a chance to pontificate at board meetings. Then they wonder why taxpayers won’t support school levies.
Raymond D’Angelo, Westerville
I think, therefore you are
Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” But more recently, I have begun to notice, “I think, therefore you are.”
So I ask, what does racism mean to you?
If it is not the anxiety you feel in the presence of another person you actively avoid, nor the harsh words you may say under your breath, could it be the actions of criminals you projected onto another human being without a second thought? And if that is it, would you still feel safe living as a fugitive on the streets you once called home?
, Roughly 350,000 of our neighbors from Haiti and Syria were stripped of work permits and face the prospect of deportation by the Department of Homeland Security July 27, 2026.
Approximately 12,000 Haitians sought refuge in Springfield. Despite the belief that most of them came here illegally, Haiti and Syria received their protected immigration status from the United States in 2010 and 2012 due to unsafe conditions in their countries.
If our goal is to return these people to their homes, perhaps we should start by ensuring there are homes for them to return to.
The nonprofit The Borgen Project is currently pushing for the Global Fragility Reauthorization Act to be passed once again to strengthen U.S. efforts to prevent violence before it starts, support peacebuilding, and save lives by addressing the root causes of instability, such as poverty, weak governance, and lack of opportunity.
Please consider sending an email or calling your representatives in support of the Global Fragility Reauthorization Act today!
Isabella Cicak, Dublin
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