Parent tells Mount Healthy board his 10th-grade honors biology class has had no teacher for weeks; district offers to follow up

William Carter told the Mount Healthy City Board of Education that his 10th-grade child — enrolled in an honors biology class — has gone without a teacher, curriculum or lesson plans since the school year began and has been losing instructional time for about four weeks. "Essentially, it is a wasted hour of her day every day," Carter said, and asked the board to address the gap "as quickly as possible."

Carter also raised a separate concern that students are exposed to profanity on a school bus radio, telling the board his 10-year-old reports hearing "colorful language" played regularly on the bus and asking the district to investigate and stop inappropriate content during transportation. "They're gonna use it regularly," he said of children who hear the language.

Superintendent Dr. Hawkins responded that the district typically does not respond during public comment but offered to meet with Carter after the meeting to discuss next steps and follow up. "Normally, the board does not respond, but I would be happy to set up a time for us to talk together," Dr. Hawkins said, and later staff said they would follow up with the parent that evening.

The board did not take a formal vote on the complaint during the meeting. The superintendent said she would follow up with Carter and look into the staffing and transportation concerns, and encouraged the parent to meet with district staff to provide additional detail so the district can investigate and determine corrective action.