Columbus City Schools Roundup: 1/7-1/11
More kids are getting free tutoring in CCS.
One new elementary and two new middle schools join the CCS building roster.
Terry Boyd was reelected Board President and declares the CCS levy to be the number one goal of the Board; Carol Perkins joins him as Vice President; newcomer Gary Baker participates in his first board meeting and speaks about his goals for the coming school year.
In more Board of Education news, Board Member W. Carlton Weddington has thrown his hat into another political ring.
More about CCS’s Project Mentor reaching its goal of 1,000 volunteers here.
Many of the former students of the now defunct Harte Crossroads Charter School have rejoined CCS, but the failed charter’s financial mess hasn’t gone away; the forensic accountant has said “Show me the money” but the former founder/ operator has since left Columbus.