David Romick

Dayton Public Schools takeover by the State can’t happen soon enough

Steve Jobs was purported to say “A” people hire “A” people. “B” people hire “C” people. Dayton Public Schools is an example of what happens when “F” people hire. Seriously. It doesn’t get any stupider than this: Dayton Public Schools hopes a two-year, $537,000 advertising campaign will boost the district’s enrollment and attendance numbers, Superintendent Read More

Evaluation and endorsements of the Dayton School Board candidates

full disclosure and entanglements: I’ve been friends with Karen and Jim Gagnet for years, I’ve done work for them both since they opened the 2nd iteration of  Coco’s on Wayne Ave. I’ve printed materials for Jo’el Jones, Jocelyn Rhynard, Mario Gallin has lunched with my mother, her husband, TRRuddick is one of the most frequent Read More

Ponitz Career Tech has a “bad day”

A competently run school district would be embarrassed by this article. Principals, administrators, and school board members would be resigning, voluntarily, because what happened on Thursday Oct. 12, 2017 isn’t what happens in any school building run by professionals. Here’s the short summary, the way you’d sum it up in a normal newspaper: A teacher Read More

The Elephant in the Dayton Public School Board meeting last night

I didn’t speak at public comment. Neither did DEA chief David Romick. Why speak to a board that doesn’t listen, doesn’t respond, and brought on the chaos and confusion that has ruled their last year- the reign of Rookie Superintendent Rhonda Corr? The union voted almost unanimously to send a message – no confidence in Read More

When 400 teachers pack the room

You knew the school board was ready, all of them dressed in their Sunday best- Joe Lacey even left his hoodie at home and combed his hair. The teachers were ready too. When I say 400, it’s not an exact count, but it was the most I’d seen. They were wearing red, and they weren’t Read More