Consolidation

October 28, 2025

Good Tuesday morning,

Local public schools are the bedrock of our communities.

Of course, they are not perfect, but most people love their public schools down to the building.

Want proof?

Have you ever seen the fights that break out when a school district starts talking about closing some buildings?

Let’s take that a step further.

Most people in their communities feel connected to their local schools, have children enrolled, or their children graduated from the district so when public officials start talking about consolidating schools it makes a lot of local folks antsy and angry.

Why are we bringing this up?

Because Lake County Auditor Chris Galloway is talking about consolidating public schools across Ohio.

Galloway believes we have two many districts: 607. Read about his ideas here.

He’s using a tired and trite argument that the schools could save money by consolidating services.

Is Galloway an expert? Hardly. He sat on Gov. Mike DeWine’s Property Tax Working Group and his answer is to consolidate, cut spending to local schools, and save on labor costs.

Galloway doesn’t mention the legislature and Gov. DeWine shortchanged public schools when they decided to junk the Cupp Patterson Fair School Funding Plan that would have funded public schools at a constitutional level.

Galloway doesn’t delve into the fact that at the same time Republican lawmakers and DeWine will spend $1.7 billion on private school vouchers next year with zero oversight academically or financially.

The attack on public schools is real.

We’re keeping it real by suing the state, challenging the constitutionality of the private school voucher scheme.

In June, Franklin County Judge Jaiza Page ruled EdChoice is unconstitutional on three counts. The state is appealing.

We’re not stopping.

Is your district part of our historic lawsuit? Check here.

If not, why not? Learn more here.

Sincerely,

Vouchers Hurt Ohio