In Ohio, the Levies Are Dry (Pickerington, Cincinnati)
Pre-election episode, recorded Oct. 27. 127 Ohio school districts have levies on the Nov. 3 ballot, and two listeners wrote in, one from Cincinnati and one from Pickerington. We
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Reversed Courses and Broken Promises in Bellingham (WA)
Two requests came in hot from Bellingham, Washington, where the superintendent has recommended closing Columbia and Carl Cozier elementaries after 2026-27, four years after voters approved a bond that
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It's Do or Die in Ohio
On November 3, voters in Cincinnati decide on Issue 4, a new property-tax levy for Cincinnati Public Schools, and voters in Pickerington decide on a new school income tax.
Bellingham Wants to Close Two Schools. What For?
Oct 19, 2026 Bellingham Public Schools wants to close two elementary schools, Columbia and Carl Cozier, at the end of this school year. The board is scheduled to hold the
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Organizers in Little Rock wrote to us about the district administration's plan to close “three to four more of our beloved public schools,” and asked, more or less:
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