In Olmstead Falls, Ohio, Superintendent Todd Hoadley sent in the paperwork two days before Thanksgiving to request $100 million from the federal government, half of it for school construction. He has yet to see a check and concedes he dabbling in a bit of hyperbole by latching onto the program, but he says the problems are real.
“We were trying to make the statement: ‘Don’t forget public education,’ ” Hoadley says.
In Olmstead Falls, 1,200 students cram into a 40-year-old high school built for 800. The school board wants to cut $1 million from the district’s $34 million budget, and Gov. Ted Strickland has asked advisers to see what a 25% statewide school funding cut would look like.
Theme of the era: “Sooooooooeeeee!!!”
We were talking in the surgery lounge and one of the guys mentioned that Jay Leno was talking about the porn industry wanting a piece of the pie, too. Great.