[Mail_supt] FW: Time for action re Charter Schools

[Paul Shaw]

Sorry to duplicate this which I sent out in November, but have been asked
three times today, by fellow treasurers, to send this out again.

We must mobilize to inform our publics of this travesty.

Have a blessed Christmas Season.

PFS

*From:* Paul Shaw [mailto:pshaw at lhsd.k12.oh.us <pshaw at lhsd.k12.oh.us>]
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 11, 2015 12:28 PM
*To:* oecn_treas at oecn.k12.oh.us; oecn_supt at oecn.k12.oh.us
*Subject:* Time for action re Charter Schools



It was great to see many of you at the OSBA Capital Conference earlier in
the week.



In order to facilitate prompt grass roots action on the unconstitutional
charter school dilemma in Ohio, I have attached documents which you can use
at your local level to shed light on this situation. Feel free to modify
them for your own use.  It is hoped that over 400 school districts in the
state will pass similar resolutions and get the discussions started at
their local and state level.  I encourage you to share your information
directly with your local media outlets, taxpayers, and elected state and
local representatives.



Regarding the invoice, I used numbers directly from each year’s annual
settlement statement from the Ohio Department of Education.  It took about
15 minutes to pull and print this info (for my files).  (Yes I know that
the deduction consists of both state and local resources – that’s one of
the key points – local resources are being redirected to the state WITHOUT
local taxpayer knowledge/approval!).  The link to the ODE website is:
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Finance-and-Funding/State-Funding-For-Schools/Traditional-Public-School-Funding



The last attachment is info from OSBA Capital Conference.  It includes
reference to KnowYourCharter.com. Be sure to visit and share the data from
this website.



Please share your resolutions/activities with Bill Phillis at the Ohio
Equity and Adequacy Coalition (ohioeanda at sbcglobal.net) in order that we
can keep track of the cumulative efforts being made.



We cannot outfund the charter school lobby; however, we can make our many
voices heard in defense of public education.  Contact me if I can help in
any way.



Paul F. Shaw CPA CGMA RSBFO

Treasurer / Chief Fiscal Officer

Logan-Hocking Local School District

2019 East Front Street

Logan, Ohio 43138

(740) 385-8510 extension 2725

(740) 385-3683 (fax)



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