School board members should be familiar with Revised Code

School board members should be familiar with Revised Code

EDITOR:

It is amazing to see our school board members know so much less than our general public.

All the information one needs to know about the power the state commission has been given can be found in the Ohio Revised Code and on the state auditor’s web site. The web sites for the auditor, the state board of education, and the codes are all written at a level that anyone with a high school education can understand. There is no interpretation needed. There is nothing wrong with having been elected and not fully armed with the knowledge needed to do an exemplary job, but to remain in the dark after the installation is unforgivable.

When are we going to require more from those we elect? The offices in Columbus will send you without cost copies of excerpts from the relative administrative code. The elements of the commission’s power and authority are easily accessible on the auditor’s web site, as is the performance audit information.

Please note: the commission has yet to exercise its full authority, something I personally waited for.

Our board is seriously remiss, and that is something we all need to remember at election time for our board members.

DELORES T. WOMACK

Youngstown